Entertainment / Literature / Retarded Pronunciation: An old-fashioned way of pronunciation that lingers in one dialect even after a newer pronunciation has been accepted by other dialects in the same language. Contrast with advanced pronunciation.
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Entertainment / Literature / Advanced Pronunciation: In linguistics, John Algeo defines this as an early instance of a historical sound change in progress (311). This is the opposite of a retarded pronunciation, in which an older pronunciation lingers i MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Spelling Pronunciation: An unhistorical way of pronouncing a word based on the spelling of a word. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Retarded Pronunciation: An old-fashioned way of pronunciation that lingers in one dialect even after a newer pronunciation has been accepted by other dialects in the same language. Contrast with advanced pronunciation. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Received Pronunciation: The accent used by upper class British citizens--usually considered a prestigious or 'classy' pronunciation. Linguists refer to this accent by the abbreviation RP. [One personal aside--for any compute MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Pronunciation Spelling: A new spelling of an old word that more accurately reflects the current pronunciation than the original spelling does. MORE