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Why is the zh (ʒ) sound so infrequent in English?
pronunciation
history
phonology
phonetics
phonemes
Why did only English undergo the Great Vowel Shift, making pronunciation stray so far from spelling?
history
pronunciation-vs-spelling
phonology
great-vowel-shift
How can “Harold” and “Herald” ever sound the same?
pronunciation
pronunciation-vs-spelling
phonology
transatlantic-differences
received-pronunciation
How to syllabify "obsessive": OB-SE-SIV or OB-SES-IV?
pronunciation
phonology
syllables
How do you proceed from pronouncing "t" in the regular way to t-glottalization, as found in various English accents?
british-english
linguistics
phonology
"nt" pronounced as "n" in American English (as in "Internet"): what is it called?
american-english
pronunciation
phonology
flapping
Why is "t" sometimes pronounced like "d" in American English?
pronunciation
phonology
north-american-english
transatlantic-differences
flapping
Is D-glottalization a plausible explanation of ambiguity in Donald Trump interview with WSJ?
american-english
pronunciation
contractions
phonology
trumpism
Sounds of the letter a
pronunciation-vs-spelling
phonology
ae-raising
Why do written English vowels differ from other Latin-based orthographies?
history
vowels
phonology
pronunciation-vs-spelling
philology
Variations in the pronunciation of "the"
pronunciation
definite-articles
phonology
vowels
Why is "cupboard" pronounced with a silent "p"?
pronunciation
pronunciation-vs-spelling
phonology
silent-letters
Why is ‘i’ in milk pronounced differently from ‘i’ in find?
pronunciation
orthography
phonology
historical-change
great-vowel-shift
Why is it “Paris’s cafés” but “Massachusetts’ capital”?
grammatical-number
possessives
apostrophe
proper-nouns
phonology
Why are the vowels in Christ and Christmas different? (and other strange diphthong behaviour)
phonology
phonetics
historical-change
Are "whores" and "horse" homophones?
pronunciation
phonology
phonetics
homophones
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