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As for why the word pronounce has an O between the two N’s and pronunciation does not, it is unclear, but both words derive from French, pronunciation from pronunciation and pronounce from pronuncier. There is probably some variation in the way the different word stress affected how the words were spelled after being borrowed into English.
How can I pronounce @ symbol: At / At the rate? The "at mark", "at sign", or "at symbol" is its usual name. According to Wikipedia its official name is "commercial at". Can I use it in a sentence? Please explain with an example. It has no function in English sentences.
The Danish alphabet has both the mentioned vocals, ae = æ and oe = ø. Æ is pronounced very close to e in echo, and when I read the English word encyclopædia I naturally pronounce it as described, confusing an American listener. ø or oe is pronounced as the German ö, also as a single sound. Needless to say, I'm Danish.
As reported by the NOAD, the pronunciation is |ˈfɔrˌteɪ| or |fɔrt|, whenever forte means a thing at which someone excels, or loud/loudly. In the first case, the origin of the word is from a French word fort (masculine), or forte (feminine), from Latin fortis; in the second case the origin is the Italian word forte, from the Latin fortis.
Aug 4, 2012 at 14:19. The English pronunciation of "Peru" is an approximation of the Spanish. It just happens that a Spanish <e> is perceived by English speakers as "short e". For other words, there's a more obvious difference between the "assimilated" and "foreign" pronunciations, for example, /ˈlaɪmə/ beans versus the city of /'limə/.
5. i is pronounce as /aɪ/ when i + consonant + e as in: time, site, fire, to entire, ... This is a special case of the "magic e" rule: vowel + consonant + e = "long" vowel. It's a fine rule that accurately describes pronunciation — most of the time. Some silent e's do not lengthen the vowel, but serve other purposes:
22. /kæʃ/ is the original pronunciation, as from the original French 'cache'. /keɪʃ/ is widely heard in the IT world and elsewhere. Both are therefore "correct" in the sense that they will be correctly understood by a wide cross-section of English speakers. I believe there's a preference for /keɪʃ/ in IT circles, but I certainly use both ...
That should be all. Apparently, caret is the most common American pronunciation of the circumflex character ^ (says this comment). Note that ^ is used to mark the CONTROL KEY, in which case it is pronounced control (e.g., ^Y stands for Ctrl+Y, which you read control-Y). Share.
After Googling, I found the following here: "Pronunciate" is a word that isn't listed in most dictionaries; Dictionary.com does mention it, but it noted that "pronunciate" is used rarely. If you use it, most people will think that you meant to use "pronounce" but screwed up. Our tip is that you use "pronounce" instead of "pronunciate," unless ...
Which is why mice and house are now pronounced /mais/ and /haus/. This means that multi- can be pronounced as in Latin or Middle English as /ˈməlti-/, or in post-GVS fashion as /ˈməltai-/. Rather than coming from the Latin plural form multī, it seems that multi- came from the Latin combining form multĭ-. The OED says " < classical Latin ...