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Eschew (v)
Welcome to January.
/ɪsˈtʃuː/ (issCHEW)
or, following the spelling,
/ɛsˈtʃuː/ (essCHEW)
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Antediluvian (adj)
belonging to ages prior to the biblical Flood, rather like myself.
/ˌæntɪdɪˈluːvɪən/ (antidiLOOVian)
or sometimes
/ˌæntɪdaɪˈluːvɪən/ (antidiyLOOVian)
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Hanukkah (n)
/ˈhanʊkə/ (HANuka), or with the sound of the <ch> in Scottish 'loch' at the beginning, /ˈxanʊkə/
'Chanukah' is the same word pronounced the same way!
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Maugham, William Somerset
(b. 1874)
Died on this day in 1965.
Maugham sounds like 'morm' : /mɔːm/
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Hannah Arendt
Philosopher. Died on this day in 1975
/ˈɑːr(ə)nt/ (AHRnt)
/ˈɛərənt/ (AIRnt)
German: [ˈaːʁənt]
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Saussure, Ferdinand de
Swiss linguist, (1857-1913)
/səʊˈsjʊə/ (sohSYOOA)
French pronunciation: /sosyʀ/
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Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Some Cowpers are Cowpers, others are Coopers. The 18th century poet is a Cooper.
/ˈkuːpə/
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Carnegie, Andrew
(1835–1919)
/kɑːˈneɪɡi:/ (kahNAYgee) (This one supposedly best for the name of the man)
/ˈkɑːnəɡi:/ (KAHNegee) or /ˈkɑːrnɪɡi:/ (KAHNigee) (This one for the famous concert venue named after him)
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Spinoza, Baruch de (or Benedict de)
(1632–77)
/spɪˈnəʊzə/ (spiNOSEa)
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Scorsese, Martin
Born on this day in 1942
Tricky for UK English speakers. We'll probably do :
/skɔːˈseɪzi/ (skorSAYzee)
Whereas I think US speakers will probably say
/skɔːrˈsɛsi/ (skorSESSee) - note pronounced <r>)
But Italian [skorˈseːze]
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Frege, Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob
German philosopher born on this day in 1848.
/ˈfreɪɡə/ (FRAYga) in English.
German speakers probably doing it a bit differently though?
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Parmenides
of Elea
pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
/pɑːrˈmɛnɪdiːz/ (pahMENideez)
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Cerebral (adj)
/ˈsɛrɪbr(ə)l/ (SERibral)
or
/sɪˈriːbr(ə)l/ (siREEBral)
I'd like opinions on the possibility that :
a) the second is more favoured in the US than in the UK
b) the first is far more common in 'cerebral palsy'
#cerebralpalsyday
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Foie gras (n)
French for 'fat liver'. Sounds a bit less appetising in English, doesn't it ?
/fwɑː ˈɡrɑː/ (fwah GRAH)
#worldvegetarian day
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Glendower, Owen
or Owain Glyndŵr or Glyn Dŵr
or indeed Owain ap Gruffydd
Proclaimed Prince of Wales on this day 1400.
The anglicised version 'Glendower' is /ɡlɛnˈdaʊə/ (glen DOWer - 'DOW' like 'how')
I look forward to hearing from Welsh speakers for how it's done in Welsh.
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Wollstonecraft, Mary
Died on this day 1797
/ˈwʊlstənˌkrɑːft/ (WOOLstonkrahft) (first vowel as in 'foot', last part as 'craft')
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Dvořák, Antonín
Born on this day in 1841
With its adjacent d and v and peppered with diacritics this name was always going to be trouble.
Usually /ˈdvɔːʒak/ (DVORjak – j like the g in 'rouge')
or
/ˈdvɔːʒɑːk/ (DVORjahk)
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