Example sentences for: pronunciation

How can you use “pronunciation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Other articles include “Is George Bush a Wimp ?,” “The Moving Spray Can” (on graffiti in England), “On the Pronunciation of Cunnilingus in Dictionaries,” and numerous others on a wide variety of subjects; these are interspersed with short bits and pieces, cartoons, and asides generally attributed to “Folklore” and, presumably, gathered by the editor.

  • King Edward VIII used to irritate his father, George V, by pronouncing lady as “LIDY” (to rhyme with tidy ), and when he became Duke of Windsor he further upset everyone by following his wife's pronunciation of Duke as “DOOK.”

  • This was simply a bear , but the pronunciation was different in the Bloxwich area, as it is in other English dialects.

  • The difference between the two ways of writing the “q” reflects a slight variation in pronunciation: “q” being an explosive kp sound, “\?

  • The Introduction constitutes a brief but comprehensive course in pronunciation and a detailed description of the symbols used, both for English and for foreign pronunciations (like that of the Welsh ll -sound, the German ü-sound and ö-sound, etc.).


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