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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

How to pronounce these words

Are the following pronounciations correct?

Overzealous

Over-zeal-ous

Fathomlessly

Fa-thom-less-ly

Thanks in advance,

Bstam.
  

Top answer

You seem to have broken the words into syllables rather than presented pronunciations, Bstam. The 'zeal' of overzealous is pronounced / zel /. Fathom is pronounced / fæ ðm /.

— Mister Micawber

  • You seem to have broken the words into syllables rather than presented pronunciations, Bstam.
  • The 'zeal' of overzealous is pronounced / zel /.
  • Fathom is pronounced / fæ ðm /.
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You seem to have broken the words into syllables rather than presented pronunciations, Bstam. The 'zeal' of overzealous is pronounced / zel /. Fathom is pronounced / fæ ðm /.
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See www.m-w.com.
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CJ
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...Or another possibility, howjsay.com : You just enter the word you wish to hear pronounced

Good luck!

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