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  2. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. Mispronunciation - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Languages are pronounced in different ways by different people, depending on factors like the area they grew up in, their level of education, and their social class. Even within groups of the same area and class, people can pronounce words differently. [citation needed] A standard of pronunciation is the most common way to pronounce a word.

  4. Legal death - Wikipedia

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    In nearly all jurisdictions, dead people do not have the right to own property. When a person dies, their property needs to be distributed to others in a process called probate. People can specify their wishes before they die by preparing a will and testament. If there is no will, the laws of their country determine how the property is distributed.

  5. Technoblade, Popular ‘Minecraft’ Player and YouTube Creator ...

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    The gamer and online personality — who finally revealed his real name, Alex — died after a battle with cancer Technoblade, Popular ‘Minecraft’ Player and YouTube Creator, Dead at 23 Skip ...

  6. Woman Doesn't Know How to Pronounce Her Rare Last Name ... - AOL

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    Since few people share the name, Garapic took to TikTok to see if anyone could offer some expertise about the Croatian language, though the pronunciation of her surname largely remains a mystery ...

  7. Technoblade, Minecraft YouTuber, Dead at 23 After ... - AOL

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    Technoblade has died. The Minecraft YouTuber, who had been battling stage 4 cancer, revealed his death in a video posted on Thursday by having his dad read a letter he wrote hours before he died.

  8. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Dead Euphemistic: Off on a boat [5] To die Euphemistic: Viking Off the hooks [2] Dead Informal British. Not to be confused with 'off the hook' (no longer in trouble). On one's deathbed [1] Dying Neutral On one's last legs [2] About to die Informal On the wrong side of the grass Dead Euphemistic slang Refers to the practice of burying the dead.

  9. Ghoti - Wikipedia

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    The Speech! allophone-based speech synthesizer software for the BBC Micro was tweaked to pronounce ghoti as fish. [13] Examination of the code reveals the string GHOTI used to identify the special case. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, there is a series of fish-type cards called "Ghoti". [14]