Small letter "august" is an adjective with stress on the second syllable (but it's not a very common word). Capitalized "August" meaning the month has stress on the first syllable.
When capitalized, "death" is a British personal name "Death", which rhymes with "teeth". It's one of the middle names of Dorothy Sayers' character Lord Peter Wimsey, and it's a name he uses to conceal his identity in the mystery novel Murder Must Advertise (as best I recall).
the other word nestle as in to snuggle.....They said that it was the other 1.6 billion people that are pronouncing it wrong...........so polish/Polish is still the only one.....
doesn't my white lie just make ya CRAZY !!!!.......Good Sunday to you and yours......buzz
I think this works. Note that "Nestles" is not the name of the company, which is "Nestlé", and its not the possessive of this, either. The name of the company may be pronounced like "nestle" sometimes, and maybe "Nestlé's" would then be pronounced like "nestles", but that's a different matter. This word is "Nestles", with capital and no apostrophe.
Reading (as in the place name, pronounced "Redding") and reading. I asked this of my FB friends, as I know a bunch of linguistics geeks (myself included)!
Joined: Oct 2009
Ummmmmmm
Could it be polish/Polish?
Tina (who is 100% Polish)
Joined: Mar 2010
I've taken a shine to you,
I've taken a shine to you, Tina!
Joined: Oct 2009
Sounds good to me Tina!
Sounds good to me Tina!
Joined: Jul 2006
August?
Small letter "august" is an adjective with stress on the second syllable (but it's not a very common word). Capitalized "August" meaning the month has stress on the first syllable.
--Greg
Joined: Aug 2010
Different pronunciation for August, as First name too?
Greg!
Joined: Mar 2010
No
First name is pronounced like the month.
Joined: Aug 2010
So both Tina and Greg sounds right to me isn't ?
But I'm just a low level English speaker!
Joined: Jul 2006
death
When capitalized, "death" is a British personal name "Death", which rhymes with "teeth". It's one of the middle names of Dorothy Sayers' character Lord Peter Wimsey, and it's a name he uses to conceal his identity in the mystery novel Murder Must Advertise (as best I recall).
--Greg
Joined: Aug 2008
Im with Geotina.......polish/Polish...although Im not Polish...
and I am certainly not polished either.........lol...........buzz
Joined: Mar 2010
Found another!
nestles and Nestles (as in "N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestles makes the very best Choooooclate")
This is my kind of word game, and I've been straining my brain looking for others. My husband is working on this, too!
Joined: Aug 2008
I called Nestles and they said that they pronounce it like......
the other word nestle as in to snuggle.....They said that it was the other 1.6 billion people that are pronouncing it wrong...........so polish/Polish is still the only one.....
doesn't my white lie just make ya CRAZY !!!!.......Good Sunday to you and yours......buzz
Joined: Jul 2006
nestles
I think this works. Note that "Nestles" is not the name of the company, which is "Nestlé", and its not the possessive of this, either. The name of the company may be pronounced like "nestle" sometimes, and maybe "Nestlé's" would then be pronounced like "nestles", but that's a different matter. This word is "Nestles", with capital and no apostrophe.
--Greg
Joined: Mar 2010
A friend came up with another one...
Reading (as in the place name, pronounced "Redding") and reading. I asked this of my FB friends, as I know a bunch of linguistics geeks (myself included)!