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February 23, 2015. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was normal for composers to give speed indications for their music in Italian. Beethoven started to vary this with German, and Schumann followed suit, but Italian is still the main language for … Continue reading →. November 7, 2010. October 4, 2009. May 13, 2009. This BBC programme about Henry Purcell is available on line for the next couple of weeks. In it Charles Hazlewood claims that we know so little about the composer that we are n...
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Tag Archives: radio 4. March 28, 2016. All three of the current standard pronouncing dictionaries of English give only one pronunciation for this historic Syrian place name – /pælˈmaɪrə/. I assume that this is still the recommendation of the Pronunciation Unit, and yet today, almost every commentator, … Continue reading →. March 24, 2016. March 3, 2016. February 20, 2016. Whether it is the cardinal sin, or the (cuddly? Slow-moving animal, there is a question mark over its pronunciation. On this morni...
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My thoughts on language and linguistics and the use of language in the media. August 9, 2016. With the Olympics taking place in Rio, we are hearing the words athlete, athletic(s) and to a lesser extent athleticism all around us. This group of words seems to be unusual among those containing the sequence /θl/ in that it … Continue reading →. June 29, 2016. June 17, 2016. May 30, 2016. Some data on criteria for plural phenomena in English. May 21, 2016. It’s not only the pronunciation of Classical na...
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Eggcorns and spell checkers | Linguism | Linguistics, Pronunciation and Phonetics
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Eggcorns and spell checkers. April 21, 2015. I’m not sure whether errors of spelling or grammar introduced to a text by spell checkers are eggcorns in the same way as those caused by a misunderstanding in the mind of a person, but here are two that I’ve come across lately, one of which is clearly an eggcorn, and the other is presumably introduced by an unchecked spellchecker:. From a cafe menu:. 8220;Try our new home-made moussaka with tender lamb and succulent roasted aboriginals”. Leave a reply →.
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Inexorable change? | Linguism | Linguistics, Pronunciation and Phonetics
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February 25, 2015. Every one of the current pronunciation dictionaries agrees that the stress in the word. Is on the second syllable. On Monday this week, in the Radio 4 programme charting the history of Britain in numbers. Professor Jane Humphries, Professor of Economic History, All Souls, Oxford, clearly said /ɪnekˈsÉ’rÉ bÉ l/. It might have been less surprising if the stressed vowel had been the longer /É Ë /, as in. Google lists 29 words ending in –. Leave a reply →. February 26, 2015 at 12:34 pm.
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March 21, 2015. I was reminded of this last week when I watched a TV documentary about Goering. The name of the voiceover artist didn’t appear until the credits rolled at the end of the film, so I spent the whole hour wondering how anybody could think that. Was pronounced /kuË p/. Early on in the film he had said /ˈpentÊƒÉ nt/ for. And I’d thought, well, maybe there are people who’ve only seen it written, and so treat it like. But then he went on to pronounce. As /à ntiˈsiË maɪtɪsm/, and finally.
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Is this a new word? | Linguism | Linguistics, Pronunciation and Phonetics
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Is this a new word? February 6, 2015. The ‘Today’ programme on BBC Radio 4 is a rich seam for unusual usages. Yesterday threw up two, of which one could be a new word (unless someone can find a previous example? The eminent economist Jim O’Neill, best known perhaps for inventing (or at least popularizing) the acronym. Several times as a transitive verb, in the phrase “to scope an inquiry”. This time, the OED does have an entry for. As a transitive verb, but only tentatively – the entry reads. Thanks for ...
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August 9, 2016. With the Olympics taking place in Rio, we are hearing the words athlete, athletic(s) and to a lesser extent athleticism all around us. This group of words seems to be unusual among those containing the sequence /θl/ in that it … Continue reading →. June 29, 2016. May 11, 2016. March 28, 2016. All three of the current standard pronouncing dictionaries of English give only one pronunciation for this historic Syrian place name – /pælˈmaɪrə/. I assume that this is still the recommen...The whe...
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… and counting | Linguism | Linguistics, Pronunciation and Phonetics
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8230; and counting. June 25, 2015. I’m not sure how much the pronunciation of numbers is taught around the world, but it is not completely straightforward. If we start counting, from one upwards, there is no problem: one, two, three, … ninety-nine, one hundred. But then, would you go on with “one hundred and one” or “a hundred and one”? The long-lived “four oh four”? Leave a reply →. July 2, 2015 at 11:43 am. Somewhat tangential to the post…. I wonder if anyone still uses “digits first” numbe...My grandp...
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February 23, 2015. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was normal for composers to give speed indications for their music in Italian. Beethoven started to vary this with German, and Schumann followed suit, but Italian is still the main language for … Continue reading →. Some data on criteria for plural phenomena in English. Prisoners interred in Russia. What’s brown and sticky? Your account clearly demonstrates that this ‘intrusive’ schwa in the speech of some people in saying. Kevin – Tha...