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 …

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 …

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 …

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] …

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 …

Is the S pronounced as a part of the given name "Louis", or just the first constant of the of the letter C? Is there a canonical way to pronounce the English name "Louis", or is the …

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 …

Jul 15, 2024 · Click on the pronunciation guide at the link to hear it (I assume this is how it's pronounced in Turkish, as there's an obvious accent). However, I don't think I've ever heard an …

Jan 5, 2011 · For example, can't can be pronounced as /kaːnt/, /kɑːnt/, /kænt/, and /keənt/, depending on what variety of English we are talking about. As a second example, the vowels …

Aug 21, 2025 · The OP asks why English words beginning with < x > are pronounced with an initial /z/. Well, the first thing to note is that the vast majority of these words are originally from …