I would hope the student would pick out this connection between memory and how easy to spell or pronounce a word is, and how that relates to spelling and pronunciation in Welsh versus in English," Yeung said.
How do you pronounce a name that is spelt with a dollar sign?
Through the SYSTEM of the Speller, one learns to spell and pronounce a great many words, but one also learns to read, and to mimic the rhythm of a great many odd sentences.
If you don't know how to pronounce or spell a pronoun, politely ask.
Usually, a unique name is hard to pronounce or spell, but a name like Brittney seems easy enough.
At her first meeting of the Daughters of Bilitis in someone's living room, Gittings brought up the obscurity of the name, which she thought was impractical, difficult to pronounce and spell, and referenced a fictional bisexual character, not even homosexual.
You have to be something of an optimist — or have rocks in your head — to name your place Papilles, a word that is sure to be a challenge for folks to pronounce and/or spell (it's French for tastebuds and is pronounced pah-PEE).
People make a big deal over the tic-tac-toe phonetics — "All I ask is that you name the restaurant something that's a little easier to pronounce and spell," Ed Levine wrote, on the Web site Serious Eats — but is Txikito really any trickier to say than La Grenouille, or 'Cesca?
Do you have a name that people find difficult to pronounce or spell?
Name that group Fairground Saints wasn't McAllister's first choice for their name, but the fact that this California transplant couldn't pronounce or spell the French word she wanted led to a quick dismissal.
Her name was Riccitelli (now a middle name) and it wasn't until Victor Riccitelli, a member of the Gambino family was arrested that people began to pronounce and spell it correctly.
