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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).
The Appaloosa is "a breed defined by ApHC bloodline requirements and preferred characteristics, including coat pattern". [1] In other words, the Appaloosa is a distinct breed from limited bloodlines with distinct physical traits and a desired color, referred to as a "color preference". Appaloosas are not strictly a "color breed". All ApHC ...
Speakers of non-rhotic accents, as in much of Australia, England, New Zealand, and Wales, will pronounce the second syllable [fəd], those with the father–bother merger, as in much of the US and Canada, will pronounce the first syllable [ˈɑːks], and those with the cot–caught merger but without the father–bother merger, as in Scotland ...
The word "grulla" in Spanish means crane. [5] ( The original Spanish noun is pronounced in American Spanish and in Peninsular Spanish.)Though the Spanish word for "crane" is always "grulla" regardless of gender, [6] some people call male horses "grullo" and female horses "grulla", [2] including in Spanish.
Appaloosa (band), a French electronic duo "Appaloosa," a single from Gino Vannelli's 1978 album Brother to Brother; Appaloosa oil field, an offshore oil field; Appaloosa Interactive, a video game company "Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess", a card in the Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game; Appaloosa Management, an American hedge fund; Appaloosa bean, a ...
And yet, her first name still trips people up. Back in 2016, when she was running for Senate, Harris' campaign made a video featuring kids pronouncing her name — correctly. People pronounce my ...
After 1700 it was raised even further, and then diphthongized, leading to the modern standard pronunciation /eɪ/, found in words like name, face, bacon. However, some accents, in the north of England and in Scotland, for example, retain a monophthongal pronunciation of this vowel, while other accents have a variety of different diphthongs.
Ida also occurs as an anglicisation of the Irish feminine given name Íde. [2] Ida is a currently popular name in the Nordic countries and is among the top 20 names given to girls born in 2019 in Denmark. It was among the top 20 names for newborn girls in Norway in 2013 and among the top 50 names for newborn girls in Sweden in 2013.