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    What is interesting about the word 'orthoepy'?

    Question #47355. Asked by peasypod. (May 11 04 6:13 AM)


    McGruff

    		orthoepy - the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation"

    orthoepy - a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography

    [May 11 04 9:49 AM] McGruff writes:

    Here it is
    Pronunciation: 'or-th&-"we-pE, or-'thO-&-pE

    May 11 04, 8:47 AM
    peasypod

    		Yay McG, It is interesting because it is the study of pronouciation yet it itself has two ways of pronouncing it!

    May 11 04, 8:45 PM

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