Monthly Archives: May 2007

In reports sent from Baghdad on 28 May 2007, in which Paul Wood commented on the talks between US and Iranian representatives, he clearly pronounced the word nuclear as [‘nju:kyul@] (-@ representing the neutral vowel, schwa). This is very close … Continue reading →

Philip Belcher points out that the “correct” Latin pronunciation of ‘difficile’ is [di’fɪkɪleɪ]. He is right – for Classical Latin. The letter C was always pronounced [k]. However, the way in which English developed through the centuries meant that gradually … Continue reading →