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MUSCOVITE Posted 16 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Indictment
Hello,
(1) Could somebody please explain WHY the actual pronunciation ( 2nd syllable ) is so different from the "expected spelling one" for this word?
(2) How common is this phenomenon in English? Perhaps somebody can give me more examples of this kind?
THanks!
muscovite
(1) Could somebody please explain WHY the actual pronunciation ( 2nd syllable ) is so different from the "expected spelling one" for this word?
(2) How common is this phenomenon in English? Perhaps somebody can give me more examples of this kind?
THanks!
muscovite
Top answer
I don't know why, but that's a weird one, isn't it? But then there's Wednesday and colonel ! Those seem even worse to me.
- I don't know why, but that's a weird one, isn't it?
- But then there's Wednesday and colonel !
- Those seem even worse to me.
- How do you mean "of this kind"?
- "ict" pronounced "ite"?
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I don't know why, but that's a weird one, isn't it? But then there's Wednesday and colonel! Those seem even worse to me.
How do you mean "of this kind"? "ict" pronounced "ite"? I think that may be the only one.
CJ
How do you mean "of this kind"? "ict" pronounced "ite"? I think that may be the only one.
CJ
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Well, people adapt the pronunciations of what they hear in a linguistic community, even if such pronunciations don't conform to the spelling pronunciations. I think Indict's history explains the anamoly.
Origin: 1620–30; var. sp. (< ML) of http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=i
Origin: 1620–30; var. sp. (< ML) of http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=i
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