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noun as in articulation

noun as in way something is said

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After drinking in a red Speedo-clad Duchovny—a nod to that infamous X-Files scene—and some haggling over the pronunciation of the word “prescient,” he disappears into a far-away room in his mansion.

Voice developers no longer needed to dictate the exact pacing, pronunciation, or intonation of the generated speech.

DENVER — A few hours before the Concacaf Nations League semifinals Thursday, the stadium’s public address announcer practiced pronunciations of player names and other standard declarations to be used before and during the matches.

ELSA was designed to give them an accessible resource to help improve their pronunciation and confidence when speaking English.

In some areas of the southern United States, for example, there may be little, if any, difference between the pronunciation of the word “wheel” and “will.”

Nicki Minaj popularized “yaaasssss” with her song “Yasss Bish” and she claims the pronunciation has roots in drag-queen culture.

It always surprises you to hear the Arabic pronunciation of words that have entered American parlance.

Another is Thomas Bender, a onetime HowCast employee who created the YouTube channel Pronunciation Book.

The transliterated Hebrew terms sprinkled here and there are often incorrect, or the pronunciation badly rendered.

Others were simply impressed by his perfectly fine pronunciation of the Hebrew words.

By doing this he in about an hour learned the spelling, pronunciation, and meaning of nearly 100 French words.

I wonder if you'd mind very much if I called one day to thank you formally for the lesson you gave me in pronunciation?

This pronunciation of the nasal vowels in French is, as is well known, an important factor in the famous "accent du Midi."

Fortunately for the student, the spelling represents the pronunciation very faithfully.

Their picturesque pronunciation gives their conversation a piquancy which defies imitation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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