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Bookmark or Share- Why is "primer" pronounced with a short "i" sound?The British English is pronounced with a long 'i' (as in miner). For the meaning of 'primer' as in a first layer of bonding material on a wall etc. before it is is painted, or in explosives/ammunition, the British pronunciation is, again, with the long 'i' (as in miner) and the American pronunciation is usually, in my experience anyhow, also ...
- pronunciation - Why is "sew" pronounced as "so"? - English Language ...Why is sew (/səʊ/ or /sō/) pronounced similar to so rather than to few or sue?. Looking at its etymology,. Old English siwian "to stitch," earlier siowian, from Proto-Germanic *siwjanan (cf. Old Norse syja, Swedish sy, Old High German siuwan, Gothic siujan "to sew"), from PIE root *syu- "to bind, sew" (cf. Sanskrit sivyati "sews," sutram "thread, string;" Greek hymen "thin skin, membrane ...
- 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.
- pronunciation - Why is Nike pronounced "naikee" and not "naik ...The "traditional English pronunciation of Latin" (and Greek) is also why the i in "Nike" is pronounced as an English "long i" (IPA /aɪ/). The i's in via and viva are sometimes pronounced the same way. A competing "restored" or Continental-European-style pronunciation uses the English "long e"/"ee" sound (IPA /iː/).
- How to pronounce GUID - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange3. I suspect the two-syllable pronunciation is common due to the two-syllable pronunciation of GUI, goo-ee. Goo-ee, goo-id, goo-ee, goo-id. – Matthew Frederick. Aug 30, 2011 at 7:50. I - and all of my IT colleagues - pronounce it like this. Any other version would be most odd. – Schroedingers Cat.
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