pronunciation
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Pronunciation tends to shift over time as well, they note.
From Slate • Aug. 31, 2020
Pronunciation error: “Tan-ZAY-nia” instead of Tanza-NEE-ya, “Nambia,” instead of “Namibia” and “Beyonseeee” instead of Beyoncé.
From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2018
Pronunciation: There are two schools of thought on how to pronounce Los Feliz; the Spanish pronunciation Los Feh-LEES or the SoCal-via-the-Midwestern drawl of Los FEE-liss.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2016
Hearing him run rings round the clipped Received Pronunciation interrogation of the questioners fills a northern chest with a "Stick that in your pipe!" pride.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2013
Pronunciation, as I have already noticed, is far too fine and subtle a thing to be more than approximated to, and indicated in the written letter.
From English Past and Present by Palmer, Abram Smythe
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