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- pronunciation - How does one pronounce the @ symbol? - English . . .
How can I pronounce @, At or At the rate? Can I use it in a sentence? Please explain with an example
- pronunciation - How is æ supposed to be pronounced? - English . . .
As I said, you have to distinguish English spelling from pronunciation There's no difference between the letters"ae" together and the "æ" ligature; and there's no rule for how to pronounce them, either -- every word is different The words encyclopædia, encyclopedia, and encyclopaedia are all pronounced the same, however you pronounce them I pronounce that vowel as i , myself
- Why is the spelling of pronounce and pronunciation different?
As for why the word pronounce has an O between the two N’s and pronunciation does not, it is unclear, but both words derive from French, pronunciation from pronunciation and pronounce from pronuncier There is probably some variation in the way the different word stress affected how the words were spelled after being borrowed into English
- Pronunciation of cache - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I know a few people who pronounce it more like cash, cashay or even catch After consulting a few dictionaries, it turns out that the correct pronunciation of the word "cache" is cash My question is, are the other pronunciations of "cache" (kaysh, cashay, catch) not totally acceptable? Which one do IT people prefer?
- pronunciation - How are i. e. and e. g. pronounced? - English . . .
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 reading a text aloud I would agree that in most cases you should speak the translated English rather than speaking the letters of the initialization i e is used for clarification and should be spoken "that is" While
- pronunciation - Pronunication of Dijkstra - English Language Usage . . .
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?
- Data pronunciation: dayta or dahta? - English Language Usage . . .
I hear "dayta" more often, but what's the correct pronunciation?
- 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 pronunciation of years in English? Does it change according to the first two digits of year? Could you give examples for special cases, if any?
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