2020-12-08
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด P – Pronunciation & pronounce
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Pronunciation = ‘pruh-nuhn-see-EY-shuhn’
ออกเสียง pronounce = ‘pruh-NOUNS’
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PRONUNCIATION NOTE FOR PRONUNCIATION
It may seem odd for the pronunciation of this very word to be an issue;
the pronunciation of pronunciation should be evident from its spelling.
The vowel in the second syllable is u, said as in the word up.
It is not the diphthong ou, as in ouch.
However, for some people,
the impulse to retain the sound pattern of the familiar verb pronounce is too strong to resist,
and we hear this word said as if it were spelled p-r-o-n-o-u-n-c-i-a-t-i-o-n all too frequently.
All this is a reminder that the entire subject of “correct” pronunciation
is fraught with controversy.
Changes from what we heard growing up are often resisted with
surprisingly passionate scorn.
And yet we know that language is constantly changing,
and that many pronunciations once attacked as ignorant
are now accepted without question in even the mosteducated circles.
For example,
we hear [skiz-uhm], as well as the older [siz-uhm], for schism,
and [fawr-tey], as well as the historically correct [fawrt],
for the sense of forte meaning “something that one excels in”
(see Pronunciation note at forte1 ).
And stress patterns change with new generations:
increasingly, [kuhm-pair-uh-buhl] is overtaking [kom-per-uh-buhl] for comparable.
Language experts seize the opportunity to note and study these changes;
language innovation can be fascinating--even exciting.
But some deviations from the current norm will not becomepart of an accepted standard,
and as long as the way one speaks remains a marker of one's education,
or one's ability to perform well in school or in a prospective job,
it is best to avoid misguided pronunciations like [pruh-noun-see-ey-shuhn]
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Is it 'pronunciation' or 'pronounciation'?
We’ve received quite a few letters and e-mails from correspondents
asking for pronunciation help
—but in some of these letters and e-mails,
pronunciation is spelled pronounciation.
The confusion is understandable:
the verb is pronounce, so why shouldn’t the noun be pronounciation?
Both the noun and verb come ultimately from the Latin verb pronuntiare.
But when the Latin verb was taken into Anglo-French and later entered Middle English,
that second vowel was sometimes rendered as -u-
and sometimes rendered as -ou-.
This meant that, from about the 1500s onward,
we have evidence of both pronounciation and pronunciation in the written record.
Eventually the noun standardized to pronunciation,
but because of influence from pronounce,
we do occasionally see pronounciation in print,
and we also have evidence of
a corresponding pronunciation for pronounciation (\pruh-nown-see-AY-shun\).
The spelling pronounciation and the pronunciation
that goes with that spelling are not considereda part of standard English.
Using them could result in criticism or questioning.
Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary
“Pronounce” is the verb,
but the O is omitted for the noun: “pronunciation.”
This mistake ranks right up there in incongruity with “writting."
