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Bookmark or Share- pronunciation - How does one pronounce the '@' symbol? - English ...How can I pronounce @ symbol: At / At the rate? The "at mark", "at sign", or "at symbol" is its usual name. According to Wikipedia its official name is "commercial at". Can I use it in a sentence? Please explain with an example. It has no function in English sentences.
- pronunciation - Is "forte" pronounced "fort" or "for-tay"? - English ...As reported by the NOAD, the pronunciation is |ˈfɔrˌteɪ| or |fɔrt|, whenever forte means a thing at which someone excels, or loud/loudly. In the first case, the origin of the word is from a French word fort (masculine), or forte (feminine), from Latin fortis; in the second case the origin is the Italian word forte, from the Latin fortis.
- Why is the spelling of "pronounce" and "pronunciation" different?As for why the word pronounce has an O between the two N’s and pronunciation does not, it is unclear, but both words derive from French, pronunciation from pronunciation and pronounce from pronuncier. There is probably some variation in the way the different word stress affected how the words were spelled after being borrowed into English.
- Why is Nike pronounced "naikee" and not "naik"?Indeed, pretty much by definition, they pronounce their name correctly. The English-language name Irene is essentially always pronounced "EYE-reen", and the Greek equivalent name is usually transliterated "Irini" (i-REEN-ee, "i" as in "bit").
- pronunciation - How is "æ" supposed to be pronounced? - English ...The Danish alphabet has both the mentioned vocals, ae = æ and oe = ø. Æ is pronounced very close to e in echo, and when I read the English word encyclopædia I naturally pronounce it as described, confusing an American listener. ø or oe is pronounced as the German ö, also as a single sound. Needless to say, I'm Danish.
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