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Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Chartres Street, New Orleans, Louisiana like charter / ˈ tʃ ɑːr t ər / Charlevoix, Michigan: SHAR-lə-voy / ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə v ɔɪ / Charlotte, Vermont: shar-LOT / ʃ ɑːr ˈ l ɒ t / Also the place in New York Chatham, Massachusetts: CHAT-əm / ˈ tʃ æ t əm / Also the places in New York and New Jersey Chauncey, Ohio: CHAN-see / ˈ ...
Name list Subdivision Place Pronunciation Notes Respelling IPA; England: Acomb, North Yorkshire: YAK-əm / ˈ j æ k ə m / [1] Historic; now regular England: Acomb, Northumberland
Street sign corner in Tartu, Estonia. Usually, the color scheme used on the sign just reflects the local standard (for example, white letters on a green background are common throughout the US). However, in some cases, the color of a sign can provide information, as well. One example can be found in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The following is a handy reference for editors, listing various common spelling differences between national varieties of English. Please note: If you are not familiar with a spelling, please do some research before changing it – it may be your misunderstanding rather than a mistake, especially in the case of American and British English spelling differences.
Scaredy Cats is a fantasy comedy children's television series created by Anna McRoberts. The series stars Sophia Reid-Gantzert, Daphne Hoskins, and Ava Augustin as Willa Ward, Scout, and Lucy, 12-year-old girls who learn about witchcraft.
Faye's Vision/Cover Images Tori Spelling once had purple hair — but not where you’d think. Spelling, 51, recently recalled a time when she accidentally dyed her pubic hair purple during the ...
The color cerulean (American English) or caerulean (British English, Commonwealth English), is a variety of the hue of blue that may range from a light azure blue to a more intense sky blue, and may be mixed as well with the hue of green. The first recorded use of cerulean as a color name in English was in 1590. [1]