- What is the correct pronunciation of the word route?
Router is spelled like ar-oh-yoo-tee-ee-ar, but you certainly don't pronounce it like that The "root-" pronunciation isn't only for plants or hair roots Both pronunciations are used in America, but only root in the UK, as you'll see from the other answers here, from people who learned English in different parts of the world
- How do you pronounce Dadant? | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
How does Dadant pronounce Dadant? Ask them They would be the definitive authority, don't you think?
- Whats the difference between pronunciation and enunciation?
Pronunciation is to pronounce sounds of words correctly I can't tell from this what the specific difference is When is it correct to say someone's pronunciation is off versus when their enunciation is off? Merriam Webster's definition defines enunciate as : articulate, pronounce That would seem to say it's the same as to pronounce
- How to say nuc | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Just to satisfy my curiosity, I'm wondering what the proper pronunciation of "nuc" might be I have always pronounced it "nuke" since it is short for nucleous hive "Sacks" is short for saxophone, "mike" is short for microphone, "auto" is short for automobile, etc , etc I keep hearing people
- adjectives - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
-1 I pronounce it as com-pa-ra-ble It is more consistent with other similar adjectives ending in -able, in that its emphasis is the syllable before the -able
- How are marry, merry, and Mary pronounced differently?
37 The way I pronounce these words is the same Similarly for other words like these: I pronounce ferry and fairy the same, carrot and caret Yet, dictionaries show different pronunciations for these words: For example, Merriam-Webster gives: \ˈma-rē\ for marry, \ˈmer-ē\ for merry and \ˈmā-rē\ for Mary The American Heritage Dictionary gives:
- Whats the correct pronunciation of epitome: Epi-tome or Epi-tuh . . .
A friend said that epitome is pronounced as epi-tuh-mi and not epi-tome (with the tome like home) Who is right? Also, is the pronunciation purely dependent on the region where you learnt English?
- “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 second pronunciation, but I think that since the U in United States is not a vowel sound, it should be the first pronunciation
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