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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. Pleonasm - Wikipedia

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    Semantic pleonasm is a question more of style and usage than of grammar. [16] Linguists usually call this redundancy to avoid confusion with syntactic pleonasm, a more important phenomenon for theoretical linguistics. It usually takes one of two forms: Overlap or prolixity. Overlap: One word's semantic component is subsumed by the other:

  4. CMU Pronouncing Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The database is distributed as a plain text file with one entry to a line in the format "WORD <pronunciation>" with a two-space separator between the parts. If multiple pronunciations are available for a word, variants are identified using numbered versions (e.g. WORD(1)).

  5. 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 /

  6. X Æ A-Xii: How to pronounce the name of Elon Musk and ... - AOL

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    When asked to reveal the name of his son, Musk tweeted: “X Æ A-12 Musk.” At first it was not clear if Musk was joking about the name, or if he was being cryptic. It later turned out he was ...

  7. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Pronunciation

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    If a common English rendering of the non-English name exists (Venice, Nikita Khrushchev), its pronunciation, if necessary, should be indicated before the non-English one. For English words and names, pronunciation should normally be omitted for common words or when obvious from the spelling; use it only for loanwords from other languages (coup ...

  8. Elon Musk Explains Exactly How to Pronounce His Newborn ... - AOL

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    The new mom took to Twitter to explain the meaning behind the unique moniker, and Musk shared how to pronounce the name while on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. The billionaire technology ...

  9. Wikipedia : Pronunciation (simple guide to markup, American)

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    The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary suggests the first pronunciation. Similarly, this pronunciation markup guide will choose the most widely used form. NOTE: This guide is designed to be simple and easy to use. This can only be achieved by giving up scope and freedom from occasional ambiguity.