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  2. 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 ...

  3. English orthography - Wikipedia

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    e. English orthography comprises the set of rules used when writing the English language, [1][2] allowing readers and writers to associate written graphemes with the sounds of spoken English, as well as other features of the language. [3] English's orthography includes norms for spelling, hyphenation, capitalisation, word breaks, emphasis, and ...

  4. Hard and soft G - Wikipedia

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    The sound of a hard g (which often precedes the non-front vowels a o u or a consonant) is usually the voiced velar plosive [ɡ] (as in gain or go) while the sound of a soft g (typically before i , e , or y ) may be a fricative or affricate, depending on the language. In English, the sound of soft g is the affricate / dʒ /, as in general, giant ...

  5. This is how you're supposed to pronounce 'Worcestershire' - AOL

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    We definitely put “Worcestershire” on our list of hardest words in the English language to pronounce. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...

  6. Longest word in English - Wikipedia

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    The longest English word typable using only the top row of letters has 11 letters: rupturewort. The word teetertotter (used in North American English) is longer at 12 letters, although it is usually spelled with a hyphen. The longest using only the middle row is shakalshas (10 letters).

  7. H-dropping - Wikipedia

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    H-dropping or aitch-dropping is the deletion of the voiceless glottal fricative or " H -sound", [h]. The phenomenon is common in many dialects of English, and is also found in certain other languages, either as a purely historical development or as a contemporary difference between dialects. Although common in most regions of England and in ...