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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 ...
The pronunciation of "Newquay" is not really counter-intuitive, given that it is pronounced identically to "new quay". Granted, the pronunciation of the common noun "quay" is counter-intuitive, so maybe that's why "Newquay" gets on this list. — 217.46.147.13 14:54, 21 January 2010 (UTC) []
"Substitute Teacher" was directed by Peter Atencio and written by multiple writers, including the eponymous Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. In the segment, Mr. Garvey (Key) is the substitute teacher of a biology class. While taking roll, Garvey begins stating the names of students in the class and pronounces their names incorrectly.
Tamera Mowry-Housley isn’t bothered by fans mispronouncing her name.. The Scouting for Christmasstar, 46, recently told PEOPLE that she’ll just “kindly correct” people whenever they say ...
“Yeah, six shows — say my name,” Craig requested to Colbert. The host then said the actor’s name, to which Craig said, “Oh now you’re doing it right.” “Why, did I say, ‘Creg?’
British superstar Adele praised a London-based fan for pronouncing her name 'perfectly' during a Q&A and shared the right way to say it.
This is a sublist of List of irregularly spelled English names. These common suffixes have the following regular pronunciations, which are historic, well established and etymologically consistent. However, they may be counterintuitive, as their pronunciation is inconsistent with the usual phonetics of English. -b(o)rough and -burgh – / b ər ə /
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