Author

Publication

2016 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

71,000 words, Guess

Page Count

284 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781316610367
  • ISBN-101316610365
  • Better World Books9781316610367
  • Open LibraryOL28608895M

Classifications

  • LCCPE1133

Description

How do you pronounce biopic, synod, and Breughel? - and why? Do our cake and archaic sound the same? Where does the stress go in stalagmite? What's odd about the word epergne? Pontcysyllte is obviously Welsh, but Penge is Welsh too! How cool is Caol in the Highlands of Scotland? What can Wesley's hymns tell us about sound change in English? How do people pronounce Wrocław in Poland? How can anyone manage to say Gdynia as just two syllables? Why is the village of Frith in the island of Montserrat usually pronounced as if spelt Frits? What embarrassing faux pas in English did a Russian conglomerate make? Should I bild a cubbard instead of building a cupboard? How should we capitalize an exclamation mark, and why might we need to? What's a depressor consonant? As a finale, the author writes a letter to his 16-year-old self.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Sounds FascinatingCambridge University Press2016

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