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  2. List of irregularly spelt places in the United Kingdom

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    This is a sublist of List of irregularly spelled English names. These common suffixes have the following regular pronunciations, which are historic, well established and etymologically consistent. However, they may be counterintuitive, as their pronunciation is inconsistent with the usual phonetics of English. -b(o)rough and -burgh – / b ər ə /

  3. Help:IPA/English - Wikipedia

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    For example, you may pronounce cot and caught the same, do and dew, or marry and merry. This often happens because of dialect variation (see our articles English phonology and International Phonetic Alphabet chart for English dialects). If this is the case, you will pronounce those symbols the same for other words as well. [1]

  4. Google Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    In August 2018, Google Search added an English and Hindi dictionary for mobile users in India with an option to switch to the English only dictionary. [22] A "learn to pronounce" option was added to the English dictionary in December 2018 which shows how a word is pronounced with its non-phonemic pronunciation respelling and audio in different ...

  5. Gqeberha - Wikipedia

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    Gqeberha, the city's official name since 23 February 2021, is a Xhosa word for the Baakens river, which flows through the city. [24] [25]In 1820, the rising seaport of Algoa Bay was named "Port Elizabeth" in memory of Elizabeth Frances (née Markham), the wife of Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin, acting Governor of the Cape Colony. [26]

  6. List of shibboleths - Wikipedia

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    Locals pronounce the first syllable like the male name "Al," which is the opposite of the New York equivalent. Castlemaine, Victoria : pronounced / ˈ k æ s əl m eɪ n / KASS -əl-mayn by the locals and / ˈ k ɑː s əl m eɪ n / KAH -səl-mayn by those Australians who have a more extensive trap-bath split (see Variation in Australian English ).

  7. Pronunciation respelling for English - Wikipedia

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    The first native (not learner's) English dictionary using IPA may have been the Collins English Dictionary (1979), and others followed suit. The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (OED2, 1989) used IPA, transcribed letter-for-letter from entries in the first edition, which had been noted in a scheme by the original editor, James Murray.

  8. List of heritage sites in Gqeberha - Wikipedia

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    9/2/073/0006 Fort Frederick, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth Built overlooking the original lagoon at the mouth of the Baakens River. At the time it was the only stone structure in the district.

  9. Ali (name) - Wikipedia

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    Ali al-Muktafi (877/78-908), Abbasīd caliph from 902 to 908; Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (658/59-712/14), Imam in Shiʻi Islam; Husayn ibn Ali (626-680), Abu Abd Allah or Imam Husayn, a grandson of Muhammad; Hasan ibn Ali (625-670), the firstborn son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of Muhammed; Ali ibn al-Athir (1160-1232/33), 12th- and ...