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This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.
An incorrect pronunciation of Launceston (the name of a city in Tasmania), which follows the word's spelling literally. Spelling pronunciation: Pronouncing a word according to its infelicitous or ambiguous spelling. Aphesis: The loss of the sound at the start of a word. [citation needed] Aspiration: An "h" sound at the beginning of a word. For ...
Orthoepy is the study of pronunciation of a particular language, within a specific oral tradition. The term is from the Greek ὀρθοέπεια orthoepeia, from ὀρθός orthos (' correct ') and ἔπος epos (' speech '). The antonym is cacoepy "bad or wrong pronunciation".
The word was deliberately coined to be the longest word in English, [6] and has since been used [citation needed] in a close approximation of its originally intended meaning, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim. The Oxford English Dictionary contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters).
Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct" or "standard" pronunciation) or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language. [1] (Pronunciation ⓘ)
Tuen Kit Lee, formerly of Quincy, was convicted of aggravated rape in 2007 but fled shortly before jury deliberations. A Dedham Superior Court judge will pronounce his sentence on Thursday, June 20.
i think The Knuckle & The Arrow should be added, i am not sure on weither this is the correct name, it is the 'spirit form' of the five pointed Qunicy cross. much like the normal Quincy bows and the normal Quincy cross, i just re-read the chapter in which it is introduced: acording to the Ju-Ni scans the name is Ginrei Kojaku: Silver Hill, Arched Peacock Shinigami Josh 05:14, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
QUINCY ‒ Tuen Kit Lee, the so-called "bad breath rapist," will return to court Wednesday, more than 16 years after skipping bail during his 2007 rape trial. Lee was convicted by a jury in ...