pronunciation - How is "æ" supposed to be pronounced? - English ...
Jun 14, 2012 · Æ is pronounced very close to e in echo, and when I read the English word encyclopædia I naturally pronounce it as described, confusing an American listener. ø or oe is …
pronunciation - Why is "colonel" pronounced "kernel"? - English ...
Jan 24, 2011 · Why does the word colonel (as in military rank) have such a strange spelling compared to how it's pronounced (or vice versa, although I don't know how you would …
How does one correctly pronounce the letter 'H': "Aych" or "haych"?
May 4, 2011 · According to the OALD, the standard way to pronounce the H is this one, which is without the "H" sound in its pronunciation. Although on Wikipedia, it says there is also the …
pronunciation - Pronunication of "Dijkstra" - English Language
I am a computer professional. I have heard the pronuciation of the word Dijkstra from various sources as di-kstra diji-kstra dik-stra Which is the correct way of pronouncing it?
pronunciation - How are "i.e." and "e.g." pronounced? - English ...
Aug 12, 2010 · How are i.e. and e.g. pronounced?When I was in college, one of my philosophy professors instructed us to use translated English for abbreviated or initialized latinisms when …
Why do North Americans pronounce "caramel" as "carmel"?
Feb 8, 2017 · But in my experience, North Americans (Canadians too) don't pronounce the middle "a". They pronounce it exactly like the girl's name Carmel. From my experience, all Americans …
What are the rules for pronunciation of years in English?
24 We pronounce 1923 as nineteen twenty-three; but 1900 as nineteen hundred. Why isn't year 2000 pronounced as twenty hundred instead of two thousand? What are the rules for …
The British pronunciation of the word "schedule"
Dec 6, 2014 · The earliest English pronunciation of schedule is no longer used, as far as I know: it was something like /ˈsɛdjul/ (compare schism, which some still pronounce as “sizm”). The …
“The /ðə/ United States” or “The /ðiː/ United States”?
What is the pronunciation of “the”? How to correctly pronounce the the in The United States? Is it the the that’s pronounced /ðə/, or is it the the that’s pronounced /ðiː/, and why? I often hear the …
pronunciation - Is "forte" pronounced "fort" or "for-tay"? - English ...
Aug 21, 2010 · 57 If you want to be perfectly and unimpeachably correct, you will pronounce the word forte, meaning something that is one’s strong point, identically to the word fort, and …