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'''Spelling pronunciation''' occurs in English when people display their literacy by using a pronunciation that more closely reflects the spelling, whether it is correct or not to do so. It is an ongoing phenomenon and can be put down to the increase in literacy over the last half century. Two common examples are | '''Spelling pronunciation''' occurs in English when people display their literacy by using a pronunciation that more closely reflects the spelling, whether it is correct or not to do so. It is an ongoing phenomenon and can be put down to the increase in literacy over the last half century. Two common examples are mispronouncing the '''l''' in "salmon' and the '''f''' in "often". Two counter-examples would be correctly pronouncing "February" and "library", words that frequently are pronounced without the first '''r''' in each word. | ||
Revision as of 12:34, 25 October 2007
Spelling pronunciation occurs in English when people display their literacy by using a pronunciation that more closely reflects the spelling, whether it is correct or not to do so. It is an ongoing phenomenon and can be put down to the increase in literacy over the last half century. Two common examples are mispronouncing the l in "salmon' and the f in "often". Two counter-examples would be correctly pronouncing "February" and "library", words that frequently are pronounced without the first r in each word.