I know that both facade and façade are valid in British English. Is that also true for American English? Or should facade be used when writing something for American customers? This is …

Jan 24, 2011 · Why does the word colonel (as in military rank) have such a strange spelling compared to how it's pronounced (or vice versa, although I don't know how you would …

This applies equally to A and any other letter. Recent foreign borrowings: e.g. rôle, coup d'état, façade, etc. but role, coup d'etat, and facade are also all correct. Stage and poetry prosody: …

I was recently listening to the Pink Floyd song "Pigs (Three different ones)" and a line in the chorus goes, Ha ha, charade you are! In the context of the song I am nearly sure that the word …

What is the pronunciation of “the”? How to correctly pronounce the the in The United States? Is it the the that’s pronounced /ðə/, or is it the the that’s pronounced /ðiː/, and why? I often hear the …

Feb 4, 2016 · In my own Midwestern variety of American English there are minimal pairs for the contrast [e] versus [ɛ]; that is, pronunciations of words meaning two different things, where the …

Jun 22, 2017 · A Simple explanation on what the letter ë actually is and how it is pronounced? I know it's not an English letter so why does it appear in English names like Chloë for example?

The English pronunciation of the s in Louis was reinforced during the 1600s and 1700s by frequent respelling of the French name Louis as Lewis. An Ngram chart for the years 1600 …

Apr 13, 2017 · 0 What is the regularity of appearance of /uː/ and /u/ (or /ʊ/ in RP)? How can I be most sure deducing from spelling alone, that, say, "ooze" is pronounced /uːz/ and "wool" as …

Apr 13, 2016 · The letter 'Z' is called: 'Zed' (/zɛd/) in British English and Commonwealth English (i.e., UK, Australia, Canada, India, South Africa, etc.) Note that this is also close to its name in …