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Neanderthal can be pronounced using the /t/ (as in / n i ˈ æ n d ər t ɑː l /) [102] or the standard English pronunciation of th with the fricative /θ/ (as / n i ˈ æ n d ər θ ɔː l /). [103] [104] The latter pronunciation, nevertheless, has no basis in the original German word which is pronounced always with a t regardless of the ...
Ecce Homo, Caravaggio, 1605. Ecce homo (/ ˈ ɛ k s i ˈ h oʊ m oʊ /, Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈettʃe ˈomo], Classical Latin: [ˈɛkkɛ ˈhɔmoː]; "behold the man") are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the Gospel of John, when he presents a scourged Jesus, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before his crucifixion (John 19:5).
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).
The same thing has happened to the Latin word homo: in most of the Romance languages, homme, uomo, hombre, homem have come to refer mainly to males, with a residual generic meaning. The exception is Romanian, where om refers to a 'human', vs. bărbat (male).
The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary suggests the first pronunciation. Similarly, this pronunciation markup guide will choose the most widely used form. NOTE: This guide is designed to be simple and easy to use. This can only be achieved by giving up scope and freedom from occasional ambiguity.
A homunculus (UK: / h ɒ ˈ m ʌ ŋ k j ʊ l ə s / hom-UNK-yuul-əs, US: / h oʊ ˈ-/ hohm-, Latin: [hɔˈmʊŋkʊlʊs]; "little person", pl.: homunculi UK: / h ɒ ˈ m ʌ ŋ k j ʊ l iː / hom-UNK-yuul-ee, US: / h oʊ ˈ-/ hohm-, Latin: [hɔˈmʊŋkʊli]) is a small human being. [1]
"Rougarou" represents a variant pronunciation and spelling of the original French loup-garou. [1] According to Barry Jean Ancelet , an academic expert on Cajun folklore and professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in America, the tale of the rougarou is a common legend across French Louisiana . [ 2 ]
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