pronounciation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˌnaʊn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/

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Noun

pronounciation

1. Misspelling of pronunciation.
   • 2023 October 14, LingoLizard, 2:20 from the start, in Most Common Sounds NOT in English‎^[1], YouTube:

     I'm sticking with just two English varieties: General American and Received Pronounciation

2. Obsolete form of pronunciation.
   • 1530, Johan Palſgrave [i.e., John Palsgrave], Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse: […], Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, published 1972, unnumbered page:

     And nowe as touchying the ſeconde poynte whiche is to be bꝛefe and ſodayne without any maner of harſheneſſe in theyꝛ ꝓnoũciation / what conſonantes ſo euer they wꝛite in any woꝛde foꝛ the kepying of trewe oꝛthographie […]

References

• Jeremy Butterfield, editor (2015), Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage, fourth edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 660, column 1: “*pronounciation. An all-too-common misspelling and mispronunciation of pronunciation.”
• “pronunciation, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2023.