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What's the difference between pronunciation and enunciation?
Enunciation is being able to identify and produce the specific sound of the vowels and consonants properly. Hence enunciation is the clarity and precision of how a vowel or consonant sound should be produced. Example: Simply knowing how to dance is like pronunciation. On the other hand, how well the dance should be executed is enunciation.
Why is the spelling of "pronounce" and "pronunciation" different?
X | enunciation | x | x | enunciate. It is scarcely more defensible to say that "pronounciation" is wrong than to say that "enunciate" should be replaced by "enounce" or "announcement" by the more venerable "annunciation". Contra the top answer, pro-NOUN-ciation is a fine pron(o)unciation, as it is common and easily-understood. It may be ...
Is there opposite single word to ‘enunciate’?
2013年11月12日 · E as a prefix is a variation of Ex-, meaning out. I'm starting to see some similarities here. Possibly, the word we could use would be Non-enunciate or disenunciate. Nonenunciate seems like the better answer as Non means not. I've been researching for quite a bit now and it seems that there is no invented word for the opposite of enunciation.
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2015年3月26日 · As with similar cases like Beaulieu, Belvoir, Cholmondley, Fetherstonhaugh, Leicester -- (Bewley, Beaver, Chumley, Fanshaw, Lester) -- it's because English spelling changes much more slowly than English pronunciation.
When did it become fashionable to drop t's in certain words?
2019年5月23日 · I first noticed certain video bloggers pronouncing button as "BUH-ehn", with a distinct glottal stop between syllables, sounding like an overt attempt to avoid enunciating the "t". While button is ...
How does one correctly pronounce the letter 'H': "Aych" or "haych"?
2011年5月4日 · OED - entry for "H" (pronounced Brit. /eɪtʃ/, U.S. /eɪtʃ/) has the footnote. The name aitch, which is now so remote from any connection with the sound, goes back through Middle English ache to Old French ache = Spanish ache, Italian acca, pointing to a late Latin *accha, *ahha, or *aha, exemplifying the sound; cf. Italian effe, elle, emme, etc.
Why is "str" sometimes pronounced as "shtr"? [duplicate]
After digging for a while, I found the answer in a paper called Assimilation at a Distance by Wayne P. Lawrence. 1 It's a little dated (2000), but also cites studies from 1993 and earlier describing this phenomenon.
Why are there two pronunciations for "either"?
A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with an individual who told me that pronouncing the word "either" is wrong when pronounced like \\ˈī-thər\\ instead of \\ˈē-thər\\ , but I didn't argue the point b...
How can I differentiate between the pronunciation of "w" and "v"?
My enunciation of this proceeds by putting my top teeth against he inside of my bottom lip and blowing. I voice it for a "v" sound, meaning that my vocal cords vibrate making for a noisier, louder sound.. I realize that different people pronounce it differently.
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2016年11月17日 · But then I said, "Not enunciate, but whatever the equivalent is for enunciation with handwriting. So what is that then, huh?" And we were both stumped. My thoughts were: Clarity, but I would interpret "writing clearly" to mean something more like writing concisely, or