You'd hope that when someone is commissioned to record an audiobook of a work by a living author they'd have the opportunity to consult about the pronunciations of names.

This one obviously didn't.

The mangled name occurs in the text 855 times and it's driving me mad.

#books #reading #AudioBooks #Pronunciation

“It was not a story to pass on”: An ambiguous sentence at the end of Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” (1987)

In the last section of Toni Morrison's novel "Beloved" (1987), a sentence is introduced, repeated ("It was not a story to pass on") and then varied ("This is not a story to pass on"). I have always read this as a parodoxical call to not retell the story that has

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#critical #english  日本の英語教育 - ポイズン雷花の小説 - pixiv

日本における英語教育には一つ決定的な欠陥が有ります。それは英語をカタカナ発音で教えてる事。大学入試センター試験の英語試験に対して多くの学生が音声が聞こえにくい又は、聞こえないと指摘するのもそのはず。 聞え難く感じる理由は至って簡単、カタカナ発音しか知らない、したがって外来発音を聞

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 日本の英語教育。 Викладання англійської мови в Японії.|ポイズン雷花

 日本における英語教育には一つ決定的な欠陥が有ります。それは英語をカタカナ発音で教えてる事。大学入試センター試験の英語試験に対して多くの学生が音声が聞こえにくい又は、聞こえないと指摘するのもそのはず。  聞え難く感じる理由は至って簡単、カタカナ発音しか知らない、したがって外来発音を聞き取れない。耳が慣れてないと云う簡単な物では有りません。脳が成れていない為耳が入て来る情報を正しく処理しない、と云うのが本質です。  聞えないのは有りません、それは勘違いに過ぎません。実際にはそもそも発音しない、例えば、”shining”、シャイニング(ʃaɪnɪŋgu)では有りません。シャイニン(ˈʃaɪ

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Does anyone else notice an incongruity in the pronunciation of the word Buddha between the "how to pronounce" section and the "sound-by-sound pronunciation" section?

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/buddha

#language #linguistics #pronunciation

How to pronounce Buddha in English

How to pronounce Buddha. How to say Buddha. Listen to the audio pronunciation in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Learn more.

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Is the phrase “short-lived” pronounced:

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short LIVVD (rhymes with sieved)
98.6%
short LIGHVD (rhymes with thrived)
1.4%
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"SQL" will be exclusively pronounced from this day henceforth:

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Es-queue-el
65.5%
See-quel
34.5%
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The poem 'The Chaos' could be used as a benchmark for English #pronunciation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaos

The Chaos - Wikipedia

🍷🎉 Georgian wine is apparently the OG of all wines, boasting an 8,000-year-old uninterrupted legacy. Meanwhile, the rest of us are just struggling to figure out how to pronounce "sommelier" without embarrassing ourselves. 🤦‍♂️ #Cheers to ancient grape juice! 🥂
https://www.wsetglobal.com/knowledge-centre/blog/2023/july/05/exploring-georgian-wine-history-grape-varieties-styles-and-amber-wine/ #GeorgianWine #AncientLegacy #WineHistory #Sommelier #Pronunciation #HackerNews #ngated
Exploring Georgian wine: history, grape varieties, styles and amber wine

Georgian wine culture dates back, uninterrupted, approximately 8,000 years. Today, Georgia’s wine industry offers exceptional wines using both modern European and ancient winemaking techniques. Lasha Tsatava DipWSET, the first ever Georgian WSET Diploma Alum, gives us an introduction to this unique wine landscape.