IN 1789, Noah Webster declared ‘the pure English pronunciation in Great Britain and New England’ to be ‘exactly the same in both.’ Ever since that time those who undertake the difficult task of ...
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One maddening thing about English, especially to those who speak it as a second language, is pronunciation. In many languages, if you know how to spell a word, you also know how to pronounce it. Not ...
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