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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. Sequel - Wikipedia

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    The Marvelous Land of Oz, sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was an official sequel novel written to satisfy popular demand. The origin of the sequel as it is conceived in the 21st century developed from the novella and romance traditions in a slow process that culminated towards the end of the 17th century. [28]

  4. Dalziel - Wikipedia

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    The origin of this peculiar arms was written about by Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet, in 1764: The account of their origin, given by Mr. Nisbet , and other historians, is, that in the reign of king Kenneth II , a kinsman, and favourite of that king, being taken prisoner by the Picts , was put to death, and hung up upon a gallows in view of the ...

  5. Pronunciation - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Prequel - Wikipedia

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    In this sense the film can be regarded as both a "prequel and a sequel" (i.e., both a prior and a continuing story), and is often referred to in this manner. [8] Time-travel often results in a work being considered both a prequel and a sequel, or both a prequel and a "soft" reboot, depending on how drastically history is altered.

  7. Aisling (name) - Wikipedia

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    Aisling is an Irish language feminine given name meaning "dream" or "vision". [1] [2] [3] It refers to an aisling, a poetic genre that developed in Irish poetry during the 17th and 18th centuries. There is no evidence that it was used as a given name before the 20th century. [4]

  8. Llywelyn (name) - Wikipedia

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    Llywelyn (pronounced [ɬəˈwɛlɪn]) is a Welsh personal name, which has also become a family name most commonly spelt Llewellyn [1] (/ l u ˈ ɛ l ɪ n / loo-EL-in).The name has many variations and derivations, mainly as a result of the difficulty for non-Welsh speakers of representing the sound of the initial double ll (a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative).

  9. List of prequels - Wikipedia

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    The History of the Holy Grail (c. 1230) Death of Arthur (c. 1210) The Deerslayer (1841) The Last of the Mohicans (1826) Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) Jane Eyre (1847) Porto Bello Gold (1924) Treasure Island (1883) Finn: A Novel (2007) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) Sir Nigel (1906) The White Company (1891)