pronunciation

Example Sentences

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While questioning the correct pronunciation of “niche,” Gaffigan noted that his other hobby, gardening, isn’t funny enough to support a special, and that his spirits-centric jokes weren’t for mass consumption.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Champagne,” he says in one episode, drawing the pronunciation out into “sham-pan-ya,” “is not champagne unless it comes from the province of Champagne. I learned that in bartending school.”

From Washington Post

But Spanish speakers from four centuries ago might have recognized the unusual verb conjugations — if not the unorthodox pronunciations and words drawn from English and languages indigenous to North America.

From New York Times

New legislation introduced recently by Italy’s right-wing ruling party seeks to ban the use of English words — and Anglicized pronunciations of Italian words — in government communications, at schools, in the media, or in advertising.

From Washington Times

When pizza first started gaining popularity outside of those enclaves, Americans had to literally be taught the pronunciation of the word.

From Salon