Dec 22, 2010 · When I was learning SQL, I remember reading that it should be pronounced just like the word sequel; however, I worked with a bunch of techs who seemed to prefer S-Q-L. Is …

Jan 11, 2022 · Unlike off, which is pronounced with an /f/, of is pronounced with a /v/. Never with an /f/. But quite often that /v/ gets deleted. For instance, one of the most common things that …

Jun 10, 2011 · Abbreviations are generally pronounced as acronyms whenever the term has been designed to mimic a dictionary word (e.g. D.A.R.E. - Drug Abuse Resistance Education), or …

May 22, 2023 · In the English language there are many words where the letter "a" is pronounced as a short (continental European) "e". Or at least very close to it. However dictionaries point …

Jun 14, 2012 · 7 To find out how a word is pronounced, you can look in a dictionary. To find out how a word "should" be pronounced, you have to decide what you mean by that, and then look …

Jan 24, 2016 · The letter J in English has always been pronounced the same way since it was introduced. It replaced the Old English letters cg which had the same sound: In English, j most …

Sep 7, 2010 · How can I pronounce @, At or At the rate? Can I use it in a sentence? Please explain with an example.

Xylophone is from the Greek xylon, which is (or was—I'm not up on my modern Greek) pronounced with an initial [ks]. Many words borrowed from Greek via French developed a [gz] …

In the UK, route is pronounced /ru:t/, rhyming with root. On the other hand, the pronunciation /raʊt/, rhyming with shout, is rout, meaning, among many other things, various kinds of …

Why is the spelling of pronounce and pronunciation different? If one originally did not know the spelling of pronunciation, one would when hearing it verbally deduce its spelling to be …