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Crivens-pronunciation

a friend of mine has been wondering what the pronunciation of 'crivens' is and now it's nagging me too. our guess is with short i, not a diphtong, but english is not our first language and we don't have a native at hand. i'd be grateful if someone enlightened us on this one.
regards,
lukasz
  

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[nq:1]a friend of mine has been wondering what the pronunciation of 'crivens' is and now it's nagging me too. our ... our first language and we don't have a native at hand.

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  • [nq:1]a friend of mine has been wondering what the pronunciation of 'crivens' is and now it's nagging me too.
  • our ...
  • our first language and we don't have a native at hand.
  • [/nq] Not a standard word, this is probably a proper name (family name:) in which case no rule dictates its correct pronunciation.
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[nq:1]a friend of mine has been wondering what the pronunciation of 'crivens' is and now it's nagging me too. our ... our first language and we don't have a native at hand. i'dbe grateful if someone enlightened us on this one.[/nq]
Not a standard word, this is probably a
proper name (family name:) in which case
no rule dictates its correct pronunciation.
Notoriously, English proper
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[nq:1]a friend of mine has been wondering what the pronunciation of 'crivens' is and now it's nagging me too. our ... and we don't have a native at hand. i'd be grateful if someone enlightened us on this one. regards, lukasz[/nq]
Wherever did you come across this word?! It's a Scots word, which is either a dialect of English or a separate, though closely-related, language (depending on your po
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[nq:2]a friend of mine has been wondering what the pronunciation ... grateful if someone enlightened us on this one. regards, lukasz[/nq]
[nq:1]Wherever did you come across this word?! It's a Scots word, which is either a dialect of English or a ... be pronounced with a "short" i, as in "driven". See the Dictionary of the Scots Language (
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[nq:1]is but i'd be[/nq]
[nq:2]Wherever did you come across this word?! It's a Scots ... the Dictionary of the Scots Language (http://www.dsl.ac.uk) for more details.[/nq]
[nq:1]certain characters of a fightin-drinkin sort in terry pratchett books speak their own lingo and 'crivens' is part of it. ... of language, but now a
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[nq:2]a friend of mine has been wondering what the pronunciation ... i'd be grateful if someone enlightened us on this one.[/nq]
[nq:1]Wherever did you come across this word?! It's a Scots word, which is either a dialect of English or a ... be pronounced with a "short" i, as in "driven". See the Dictionary of the Scots Language (htt
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[nq:2]a friend of mine has been wondering what the pronunciation ... grateful if someone enlightened us on this one. regards, lukasz[/nq]
[nq:1]Wherever did you come across this word?! It's a Scots word, which is either a dialect of English or a ... be pronounced with a "short" i, as in "driven". See the Dictionary of the Scots Language (
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