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Grandmere Mimi may have part of it right, but what if it were the Creole pronunciations from the Caribbean New Orleansized?
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Lessons in Arabic pronunciations from the American heartland: "Lebanon Hezbollah (hez-BUH'-lah) leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah (HAS'-ahn NAS'-ruh-lah)." (thanks Kamal)
Saturday, September 30, 2006 As'ad 2006
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Certain Irish pronunciations, Gaelic rather than archaic English, got into American during the nineteenth century.
Chapter 3. The Period of Growth. 4. Loan-Words and Non-English Influences Henry Louis 1921
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The best ones will include a combination of written material and audio to cater to your learning style, and audio is probably the best because it enables you to hear the word pronunciations and practice them yourself.
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I’d recommend listening to at least part of the first book to get the name pronunciations and cadence of the language first.
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If anything, English spelling is getting more complicated as word pronunciations continue to slide away from what they were when our orthography got fixed back in the day.
Preposterous Apostrophes VII: Why Won’t Willn’t Work? « Motivated Grammar 2008
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Forvo hosts hundreds of recordings of word pronunciations by native speakers.
Forvo - Hear Words Pronounced by Native Speakers Mr. Byrne 2009
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Along with word pronunciations, Forvo provides some basic demographic information about each language.
Forvo - Hear Words Pronounced by Native Speakers Mr. Byrne 2009
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As I went over name pronunciations with the public address announcer, I heard someone singing along with the pregame warm-up tape.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball Jack Canfield 2009
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As I went over name pronunciations with the public address announcer, I heard someone singing along with the pregame warm-up tape.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball Jack Canfield 2009
uselessness commented on the word pronunciations
I don't know what happened, but pronunciations seem to be totally broke. I can't hear any, and I can't hear a preview when I try to record one. Also the "recent pronunciations" list on Zeitgeist is not showing the most recent pronunciations, which may or may not be related to the problem. The last one showing in that list ends with a period, a known problem character.
November 24, 2009
erinmckean commented on the word pronunciations
Thanks! We kicked the pronunciation server and it should have finished its coffee break and be working again ... feel free to let us know at http://www.wordnik.com/people/feedback if it happens again!
November 24, 2009
uselessness commented on the word pronunciations
I noticed a wave of new pronunciations this morning. They seem to be coming from a bunch of new users and all have the same noticeable background noise that sounds like a lecture hall or trade show floor. Is there some sort of Wordnik demo happening today that I don't know about?
Also, some tips for recording: Don't eat your microphone. Preview the recording before saving to make sure that your voice was not too loud or soft. If you were too loud, you will hear distortion from clipping. As you record, watch the red circle that enlarges with relation to your volume; if the red circle at any time fills the circle that surrounds it, you were too loud and your audio will be distorted. Don't blow directly onto the mic or the percussions will distort the signal, this often happens when enunciating plosives too close to the microphone (if you're whistling, face away from the mic).
December 12, 2009
grantbarrett commented on the word pronunciations
Excellent advice, uselessness. I may use that for a help page...
December 12, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word pronunciations
Please help my list Awesome Pronunciations! It's more of a Wordnik collection than my list and I am absolutely positive and terrified of missing a pronunciation. (-oops, mistyped that as pornunciation. Heh, I'm sure we wouldn't want that.)
Good advice uselessness, for when I finally get a microphone.
December 12, 2009
uselessness commented on the word pronunciations
Is there any way for me to see all my pronunciations? Once they're bumped off my profile I lose them...
December 12, 2009
uselessness commented on the word pronunciations
Uh oh, looks like the server needs another kick! I can't get any of them to load. :-(
December 17, 2009