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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).
Pronunciation used for the other places with this name Montpelier, Virginia: mont-pə-LEER / m ɒ n t p ə ˈ l ɪər / Moscow, Idaho: MOSS-koh / ˈ m ɒ s k oʊ / [n 23] Also a place in Tennessee Mount Desert Island: diz-URT / d ɪ ˈ z ɜːr t / [n 24] Munday, Texas: MUN-dee / ˈ m ʌ n d i / Mulino, Oregon: mə-LYNE-oh / m ə ˈ l aɪ n oʊ ...
The British meaning is based on the idea that the topic will be on the table for only a short time and is there for the purpose of being discussed and voted on; the American meaning is based on the idea of leaving the topic on the table indefinitely and thereby disposing of it, i.e. killing its discussion.
The state takes its name from the Nevada Territory, which in turn was named for the Sierra Nevada. [20] Nevadans pronounce the second syllable with the "a" of "apple" (/ n ə ˈ v æ d ə /) while some people from outside of the state pronounce it with the "a" of "palm" (/ n ə ˈ v ɑː d ə /). [21]
The correct pronunciation of the family name has come up before. In April 2021, Dan Levy shared a clip from “Jeopardy!” when he was the answer to a clue. The contestant mispronounced his name ...
On the eve of Election Day, more than 11,300 mail-in ballots needed signatures cured in Clark County, and more than 1,800 needed fixing in Washoe County, the Nevada secretary of state's office ...
For this reason, one of the names for the North-Midland boundary is the "on line". However, since the twentieth century, this area is currently undergoing a vowel merger of the "short o" /ɑ/ (as in cot) and 'aw' /ɔ/ (as in caught) phonemes, known as the cot-caught merger. Many speakers show transitional forms of the merger.
Deriving the pronunciation of an English word from its spelling requires not only a careful knowledge of the rules given below (many of which are not explicitly known even by native speakers: speakers merely learn the spelling of a word along with its pronunciation) and their many exceptions, but also: