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- 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 - 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 to pronounce ë in a name? - English Language . . .
A Simple explanation on what the letter ë actually is and how it is pronounced? I know it's not an English letter so why does it appear in English names like Chloë for example?
- 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?
- 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
- Why is victuals pronounced vittles? - English Language Usage . . .
It's called a false etymology -- essentially, some scholar along the way missed the intervening few hundred years of French (and, one would suppose, Proto-Romance) usage and assumed it came from the Latin more directly A surprisingly large number of English spellings are back-formed this way; victuals is actually more correct than most since it can eventually be traced back to victus A lot
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