Pronunciations (and Mispronunciations)

A guide to saying the right things

Every Letter Is Silent, Sometimes: A-Z List of Examples>
How every letter can be (annoyingly) silent
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Words Commonly Mispronounced>
18 words even you might be mispronouncing
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Absent Letters That Are Heard Anyway>
When letters make sounds that aren't associated with their name
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How to Use Accents and Diacritical Marks>
You know, the markings above and below letters.
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How Do You Pronounce 'Groceries'?>
Is there one standard way?
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Why Is 'Celtic' Pronounced Two Ways? >
\SELT\ has been heard for many centuries; \KELT\, just a few.
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Just What Does That 'Ae' Say?>
How to talk about an insect's antennae with confidence. Sort of.
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Nobody Pronounces the 'B' in 'Debt'>
And nobody ever did
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How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?>
And is one more correct than the others?
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How Do You Pronounce 'The'? >
Let us count the ways. With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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How to Pronounce the Trickiest Menu Items>
After you read—and listen to—this you'll be ready to order anything.
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The Height of Mispronunciation—Or Not>
Why doesn't 'height' end in 'th'?
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What's the Correct Pronunciation of 'Clinton'?>
And what's a 'glottal stop'?
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What Does 'Pwn' Mean?>
And how do you say it?
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How to Pronounce 'Often'>
The \t\ is silent. Why?
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10 Words You See But Don't Hear>
How to pronounce 10 words with unpredictable stress and vowel sounds
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Why Do We Skip the 'C' in 'Indict'?>
Yet we don't skip it in 'edict' or 'verdict'
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Uranus, Quinoa, and Other Tricky Pronunciations>
10 words that you're not sure how to say
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'Mispronunciations' That May Be Fine>
'Mischievous,' 'nuclear,' and other words to pronounce with caution.
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