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Normally, pronunciation is given only for the subject of the article in its lead section. For non-English words and names, use the pronunciation key for the appropriate language. If a common English rendering of the non-English name exists (Venice, Nikita Khrushchev), its pronunciation, if necessary, should be indicated before the non-English one.
Superscript r is only pronounced in rhotic dialects, such as General American, or when followed by a vowel (for example adding a suffix to change dear into dearest) /i/ Medium i can be pronounced [ɪ] or [iː], depending on the dialect /ɔː/ Many Americans pronounce /ɔː/ the same as /ɒ/ ([ɑː]) /ᵊl/ Syllabic l, sometimes transcribed /l ...
Employee of Panerai in front of the watch store in Florence in 1860. Giovanni Panerai (1825–1897) opened up his first watch shop in Florence, Italy in 1860. [6] Giovanni's grandson Guido Panerai (1873–1934) expanded the watch shop "Orologeria Svizzera" [7] and took over his wife's family business, a mechanical workshop.
An incorrect pronunciation of Launceston (the name of a city in Tasmania), which follows the word's spelling literally. Spelling pronunciation: Pronouncing a word according to its infelicitous or ambiguous spelling. Aphesis: The loss of the sound at the start of a word. [citation needed] Aspiration: An "h" sound at the beginning of a word. For ...
Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct" or "standard" pronunciation) or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language. [1] (Pronunciation ⓘ)
In linguistics, vowel length is the perceived length of a vowel sound: the corresponding physical measurement is duration.In some languages vowel length is an important phonemic factor, meaning vowel length can change the meaning of the word, for example in Arabic, Czech, Dravidian languages (such as Tamil), some Finno-Ugric languages (such as Finnish and Estonian), Japanese, Kyrgyz, Samoan ...
A leather watch strap with a butterfly closure Four analog wristwatches for men with variants of the widespread metal watch strap made from stainless steel, the two in the middle being of the most common type. A watch strap, watch band, watch bracelet or watch belt is a bracelet that straps a wrist watch onto the wrist. [1]
A common minimal pair for modern RP speakers is band /bæːnd/ and banned /bænd/. Australian speakers who use 'span' as the past tense of 'spin' also have a minimal pair between longer /spæːn/ (meaning width or the transitive verb with a river or divide) and /spæn/ , the past tense of 'spin' ( /spæn/ ).