Pronunciation Musements

Pronunciations of some English words can be unobvious or inconsistent, particularly when encountering the printed form for the first time. My article is primarily about consonant combinations ("consonant blends" and "consonant digraphs"), but also includes related information farther down. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Spoken Out

Some looks at words and names that often sound different than what their spellings might indicate. Context also affects pronunciations. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2011/03/spoken-out.html and comment there, please.

Pronunciations Heck with Hermione and Homage

As my occupation (technical writing) is more involved with the written rather than spoken word, I often trip over pronunciations of words that I read rather than speak, particularly non-English names. But even with a name common in England consciousness, one gives me problems in particular—Hermione …

[Read entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2010/03/pronunciations-heck-with-hermione-and.html.]