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  2. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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    These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same). Excluded are the numerous spellings which fail to make the pronunciation obvious without actually being at odds with convention: for example, the pronunciation / s k ə ˈ n ɛ k t ə d i / [ 1 ] [ 2 ] of ...

  3. Tiefling - Wikipedia

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    The tiefling (/ ˈ t iː f l ɪ ŋ / TEEF-ling) [2] is a fictional humanoid race in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy roleplaying game. Originally introduced in the Planescape campaign setting in the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons as a player character race for the setting, they became one of the primary races available for ...

  4. Kenku - Wikipedia

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    Kenku are commonly depicted in Dungeons & Dragons lore as short, dextrous hawk-, raven- or crow-like humanoids.In earlier editions, they possessed wings capable of flight, which were described as folding against their backs and "[could] be mistaken at a distance for a large backpack". [4]

  5. Reddit names hardest word to pronounce - AOL

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    Let's be honest: Some words are really hard to pronounce. So some Redditors set out to determine the most difficult words to pronounce in the English language. You ready? After more than 5,000 ...

  6. Irish names you’re probably saying wrong and how to pronounce ...

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    The boy’s name Oisín and the girl’s name Róisín are Ush-een and Rush-een in most parts of the country, but O-sheen and Ro-sheen in others. When a fada appears over an i at the end of a name ...

  7. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    A village in Romania. Means "balls" or "testicles" in Romanian - and when pronounced properly, it sounds just like "the single-word name" of an important and famous mid-19th century-origin, German high-tech firm!. Bosc-Bordel: A commune in France. "Bordel" means "brothel" in French. Bounty Islands: A group of islands that have a lot of bounty ...

  8. Gnome (Dungeons & Dragons) - Wikipedia

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    Chaos gnomes are the most flamboyant gnomes. Brightly colored and rare, they are strongly inclined towards chaos, as their name suggests. [27] Whisper gnomes lack the jovial outlook of other gnome races. Sly and suspicious, they are creatures of stealth. [27] Ice gnomes dwell in the region of Frostfell in the Eberron campaign setting

  9. People With Easy-To-Pronounce Names More Likely To ... - AOL

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    People With Easy-To-Pronounce Names More Likely To Succeed, Study Says. Claire Gordon. Updated July 14, 2016 at 6:28 PM. easy pronounce names success at work.