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The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary suggests the first pronunciation. Similarly, this pronunciation markup guide will choose the most widely used form. NOTE: This guide is designed to be simple and easy to use. This can only be achieved by giving up scope and freedom from occasional ambiguity.
The traditional English pronunciation of Kosciuszko is / ˌ k ɒ z i ˈ ʌ s k oʊ / KOZ-ee-US-koh, but the pronunciation / k ɒ ˈ ʃ ʊ ʃ k oʊ / kosh-UUSH-koh is now sometimes used, [18] which is substantially closer to the Polish pronunciation [kɔɕˈt͡ɕuʂkɔ] ⓘ kosh-CHYUUSH-koh.
The BBC Pronunciation Unit, also known as the BBC Pronunciation Research Unit, is an arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) comprising linguists (phoneticians) whose role is "to research and advise on the pronunciation of any words, names or phrases in any language required by anyone in the BBC". [1]
Catafalque of nobleman Krzysztof Opaliński, 17th century Poland. A catafalque is a raised bier, box, or similar platform, often movable, that is used to support the casket, coffin, or body of a dead person during a Christian funeral or memorial service. [1]
Plinth may refer to: Plinth, a base especially for statues, steles, etc. Plinth (hieroglyph), an Egyptian language hieroglyph; Plinth Peak, of the Cascade Volcanic Arc
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The pronunciation is encoded using a modified form of the ARPABET system, with the addition of stress marks on vowels of levels 0, 1, and 2. A line-initial ;;; token indicates a comment. A derived format, directly suitable for speech recognition engines is also available as part of the distribution; this format collapses stress distinctions ...
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