Wednesday, February 9, 2011

proNUNciation or proNOUNciation?

Today, I've got a question, given by my beloved brother. Which one is the correct spelling? Pronunciation or Pronounciation. Well, we often get confused because of the spelling.

It is true that this word comes from the word PRONOUNCE, which is a verb. But, as a noun, it is spelled as PRONUNCIATION. Even the sounds are different between both of the word.

for Pronunciation, it sounds like this....prəˌnʌnt .siˈeɪ.ʃən
for Pronounce, it sounds like this.....prəˈnaʊnt s

WAIT A MINUTE!

What in the world do those weird symbols represent of? Well, in my previous post, I have pasted the table of the Phonetics Symbols. Those symbols that you see above, are sounds that form the word. InsyaAllah, in my other post, I will show you how those symbols are being pronounced.

Well everybody....isn't it interesting that all this long we are being mistaken by spelling the word as PRONOUNCIATION? It is alright to make mistake, at least we can learn form it. Hopefully next time, we can spell and use the word correctly.:)

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