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What is the term for a shortened word that is pronounced based on phantom letters?
I'm only posting out of curiosity. But recently I've begun to wonder what you would call a shortening of a word that only sounds correct when spoken, and the pronunciation cannot be inferred from its ...
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Term for words that sound alike but have different meanings and spellings [closed]
What is the term for words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings? For example, there and their.
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Intonation and the changing of meaning
Two questions with the same words can have somewhat different meanings. For example, I could ask
Do you want to go to the zoo or the museum?
with my intonation/pitch rising after zoo, or
Do ...
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Is there a term or short description for an accent you “can't place”?
Some examples of this might be Standard American English (though this may still be tied to geography) or, more likely, Received Pronunciation. The speaker's language doesn't have to be English, of ...
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What's the name of this pronunciation guide
In dictionaries I see two guides for pronunciation. for example, for the word "ambiguity":
[am-bi-gyoo-i-tee]
AND
/ˌæmbɪˈgyuɪti/
I know the second one is named IPA. My question is, is there a ...
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How To Pronounce “IFRS”?
How to pronounce "IFRS," International Financial Reporting Standards?
Anybody knows its phonetic symbols with IPA symbols?
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How does one pronounce the '@' symbol?
How can I pronounce @ symbol: At / At the rate?
Can I use it in a sentence? Please explain with an example.
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Rhyming conventions of Early Modern English
I was reading the poem "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell when something struck me as odd. Let me quote two passages:
Thou by the Indian Ganges' side
Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide
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