Questions tagged [pronunciation]
for questions about the sound, stress, or intonation of spoken words.
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How to pronounce Türkiye in English?
So, for a few years now, the country that was formerly known as Turkey wants the be known as Türkiye. International organisations like the United Nations, the OECD, and the World Bank Group seem to ...
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Is the ‘t’ in ‘witch’ considered a silent t?
I was under the impression that because ‘witch’ ends with a /tʃ/ sound, the ‘t’ is not silent but directly represents an essential element of the pronunciation.
However, a word game (the New York ...
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Are "reasons" or "rhymes" pronounced with S or Z? [duplicate]
It seems everyone where I am says reasons is pronounced with an s sound, or rhymes is pronounced with s, when I believe they should be pronounced with z.
Is there a general principle I can apply?
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What is it called when someone exaggerates pronunciation of word for emphasis? [duplicate]
I can think of two examples that I have heard many times…
Drawing out or almost stuttering parts of a word as in saying “wh-h-h-at?” to express extreme disbelief. The goal seems to be to add imaginary ...
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Where did the pronunciation of the word "kilometer/kilometre" as "kl OM iter" rather than "KILL o meeter" originate?
When saying the word for the SI/metric unit of long distances, the majority of the population pronounce "kilometre/kilometer" as "klomitr", akin to how words like " barometer &...
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How do you pronounce Greenough?
A fairly popular resource over on Latin SE is Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar. Now, "Allen" is fairly straightforward, but how the [redacted] do you pronounce Greenough? Was he a ...
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Is there a correct answer to "How should foreign names be pronounced in English"? [duplicate]
There are some names that are pronounced very differently in English Language media around the world. One famous example is Vincent van Gogh the artist, another that is in a lot of media at the ...
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In Northern England, what vowel phoneme is used in “can’t”?
Which vowel phoneme, START or TRAP, do people in the North of England usually use in can’t?
(Obviously the northern START is pronounced like a longer version of TRAP, which is not the case in the ...
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Why do some people pronounce "familiar" with an /ɚ/ in the first syllable?
In American English, the word familiar is normally pronounced as /fəˈmɪl.jɚ/. Recently, though, I've noticed more people pronouncing it as /fɚˈmɪl.jɚ/ ("fermiliar"), an alternate ...
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What are common words in which written ‹i› is pronounced as the phoneme /ai/?
I am a Brazilian teacher of the English language for Brazilian high school students. In this sense, the draft of this table has helped me a lot. So, my question about examples was only because I would ...
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Term for pronouncing every letter, like t in water
Native USA English speakers frequently skip (or elide?) certain letters, like the t in water, and modify others.
What is a term for someone who (self-consciously?) pronounces every voiceable letter?
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Do many AmE speakers pronounce "cavalry" as "calvary" and why?
Does this also occur in BrE and other Englishes?
How did this come about? Is this just a simple mistake confusing cavalry with calvary?
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Tour or Tore Pronunciation
In the past few years newsmen and sportscasters have changed the pronunciation of tour (rhymes with lure) to tore (rhymes with wore).
Why is this?
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Pronunciation of a made up word [closed]
If the word "movist" was real, how would you pronounce it?
"moo-vist" or "moe-vist" (as in "rover"/"clover").
Thanks.
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How to force myself to pronounce a word correctly? [closed]
For about 20 years I've pronounced Debian as "dee bee an" but I learned a few months ago that it is pronounced "deb ee an" (named after the creator's wife Debra + the creator Ian).
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