A guide to words and names in the news from Catherine Sangster of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru, in the news because of . The pronunciation is MATCH-oo PEEK-choo."
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A guide to words and names in the news, from Catherine Sangster of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is the drug for which sprinter Marion Jones has now tested negative - erythropoietin. The pronunciation we recommend, based on various published sources, is err-ith-roh-POY-uh-tin."
A guide to names and words in the news from Catherine Sangster of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's news pronunciation is Omagh, pronounced OH-muh with the stress on the first syllable. The trial of a man charged with carrying out the car-bombing in that town in 1998 ."
A guide to names and words in the news from Catherine Sangster of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is the for Chechnya, which we researched by consulting the 主播大秀 World Service Central Asian and Caucasus Service. NOKHCHIYN or NOKHCHIIN is pronounced nokh-CHEEN (kh as in loch, ch as in church)."
A guide to names and words in the news from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad al-Siniora (variously spelt). Our recommendation is based on the advice of the 主播大秀 Arabic Service: foo-AD uh-suhn-YOO-ruh (-oo as in boot; -uh as in the). The L in the article 'al' turns into an S before the first letter of the surname which is a so-called sun letter."
A guide to names and words in the news from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is Polish . Our recommendation is yarr-OSS-waff katch-IN-ski (-arr as in marry; -tch as in church).
"The barred L in Jaros?aw is pronounced like a W in English, while the ? in Kaczyński represents a nasalised vowel in a native Polish pronunciation but this is rendered as a nasal consonant in our anglicised pronunciation. Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland and Jaros?aw Kaczyński's twin brother is pronounced LEKH (-kh as in Scottish 'loch')."
A guide to words and names in the news from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is Iranian President Mahmoud AHMADINEJAD (sometimes also spelt AHMADINEZHAD). Our recommendation is mah-MOOD ah-mad-in-uh-ZHAAD (-h is pronounced in 'Mahmoud' and in 'Ahmadinejad') based on the advice of the 主播大秀 Persian Monitoring team."
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A daily guide to pronunciation of names and words in the news from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja. Our recommendation is AIR-ki TOO-uh-mi-oy-uh. As with all our advice, this is an anglicised pronunciation and is not intended to represent a native pronunciation. This is so that the pronunciation flows as naturally as possible in an English-language broadcast."
A daily guide to names and words in the news from Lena Olausson of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's name is the site of the plane crash in Ukraine - Donetsk. The correct Ukrainian pronunciation is don-ETSK, but a russified dun-YETSK is sometimes also heard."
A daily guide to words and names in the news from Lena Olausson of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's name is the Halkidiki peninsula in northern Greece, where to spend last night on the beach. The pronunciation is hal-kee-dhi-KEE (-dh as in "this")."
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A guide to words and names in the news from Lena Olausson of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Two pronunciations for today. The cancer drugs that will not be made available on the NHS, Avastin and Erbitux, are pronounced uh-VAST-in (sometimes also ay-VAST-in) and UR-bi-tuks."
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A guide to words and names in the news, from Catherine Sangster of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is for Escondida, the world's largest privately-owned copper mine in Chile, ."
"We recommend the pronunciation esk-on-DEE-dhuh (dh represents the voiced th sound in the word "this")."
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A guide to words and names in the news, from Catherine Sangster of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is , for which we recommend the pronunciation KLID-uhkh (kh as in Scottish "loch").
"This recommendation, for use in English-language broadcasts, is based on the local Welsh pronunciation and was researched with a number of local sources."
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A guide to words and names in the news, from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is .
"Our recommendation is ol-OO-sheg-uu(ng) ob-ASS-an-joh (-ol as in 'olive', -g as in 'get', -j as in 'Jack'), following consultation with the 主播大秀 Hausa Section."
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A guide to words and names in the news, from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is for the Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, - a Swiss national with a German name.
"It is pronounced YAA-kop KELL-uhn-bair-guhr (-air as in 'hair'; -g as in 'get'). This pronunciation was given to us by the Swiss Embassy."
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A guide to words and names in the news, from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is , pronounced vi-TAA-lee CHOOR-kin.
"The surname might at first look as though it ought to be pronounced as CHUR-kin (-ch as in 'church' and -ur as in 'fur') but the vowel sound is closer to -oo' (as in 'boot')."
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A guide to words and names in the news, from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Our recommendation for is tuh-REEK gaff-OOR. That's based on the advice of the Metropolitan Police Press Office.
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A guide to words and names in the news, from Lena Olausson of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's name is the Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz, pronounced am-EER PERR-ets. Hebrew stress often falls on the last syllable, and sometimes there is a tendency to treat all Israeli names like that. Peretz (and other well-known names such as Peres and Ha'aretz), however, have stress on the second to last syllable."
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A guide to words and names in the news, from Lena Olausson of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's name is Britain's outgoing ambassador to Iraq, William Patey. The pronunciation is PAY-ti."
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A guide to words and names in the news, from Lena Olausson of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's name is the Lebanese town Baalbek (sometimes spelt Ba'albek).
"The pronunciation, BAAL-bek, is listed in English gazetteers and dictionaries and is an established anglicisation. The Arabic pronunciation has a pharyngeal consonant before the second A."
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A guide to words and names in the news, from Lena Olausson of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is the Afghan province Helmand, where two British soldiers have been killed. This name is sometimes mispronounced as HEL-mand, when it should be hel-MAND - with stress on the last syllable."
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A guide to words and names in the news, from Lena Olausson of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's name is the Lebanese village Qana, pronounced KAA-nuh. The letter Q is a uvular consonant, a sound which does not exist in English. We always anglicise the Q in names like al-Qaeda, al-Aqsa, Umm Qasr etc. to a K sound."
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A guide to words and names in the news, from Catherine Sangster of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is Pardubice, the Czech town where a during a chess tournament. Czech is invariably stressed on the first syllable, and the pronunciation is PAR-doo-bits-uh."
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A guide to words and names in the news, from Catherine Sangster of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is the Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, pronounced ay-HOOD OL-mairt.
"We generally research names using written sources and native speakers within the 主播大秀, but we also consult outside agencies. In this case, the pronunciation came from a Hebrew speaker in the press office of the Israeli embassy."
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A guide to words and names in the news, from Catherine Sangster of the 主播大秀 Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's news-related pronunciation is an apparently simple name, often mispronounced: UN secretary-general Kofi Annan.
The pronunciation is KOH-fi AN-an, with the stress on the first syllable of the surname. We have the best possible source for this pronunciation; it is how he said his name himself during his swearing-in ceremony in 1996."
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