Nov 2, 2012 · Is it appropriate to pronounce it both ways or is only one way correct? Also, where did these variations come from? (Via is Latin, yes. However, in Latin, it only had one way of …

Oct 18, 2015 · It's an interesting idea. I know it's hard to represent pronunciations in writing, but could you offer any examples or other evidence to support your claim? In particular, I think …

Feb 28, 2012 · When saying "vis-à-vis" in English, would you pronounce it veez-uh-veez before a word beginning with a vowel sound, as you would in French?

Oct 12, 2011 · If you look at the Merriam-Webster dictionary, two of the example usages for via are as follows: He did some research via computer. We went home via a shortcut. So the …

The letter U is pronounced differently in different words such as Umbrella and Utensils, as well as when it is Used inside of words such as stUdent and stUdy. Can I please have a grammatical …

Jun 14, 2012 · As I said, you have to distinguish English spelling from pronunciation. There's no difference between the letters"ae" together and the "æ" ligature; and there's no rule for how to …

Dec 31, 2014 · For shorter acronyms such as URL, it is better to pronounce each of the letters, to avoid ambiguity. In general though, there's no hard and fast rule as to how an abbreviation …

I hear three different sounds for the letter e in precious, bean, and Peru. Is there a rule that covers the different pronunciations that a written letter e can represent in speech?

Jul 10, 2021 · Pronounce the letter N /ɛn/, not /en/ To answer your first question, the OED entry for the letter N (paywalled link) gives only /ɛn/ as the pronunciation in both American and …

Here in Missouri, most people born here pronounce the state as /mi.'zuɹ. ə / (instead of /miz.'uɹ. i / or something like it). This is a lot more noticeable in the south/central, rural parts of the state. …