• The BBC Pronunciation Unit, also known as the BBC Pronunciation Research Unit, is an arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) comprising linguists...
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  • 0001. ISBN 978-0-19-873673-8. Sangster, Catherine, 'The BBC, its Pronunciation Unit and 'BBC English' in Roach, P., Setter, J. and Esling, J. (eds) Daniel...
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  • Democratic Change – Tsvangirai in Zimbabwe. The BBC Pronunciation Unit recommended the pronunciation "chang-girr-ayi" /ˈtʃæŋɡɪreɪi/.[page needed] ' -...
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    Myanmar (category Pages including recorded pronunciations)
    words and names in the news from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. BBC. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 23 December...
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    Uranus (category Pages including recorded pronunciations)
    and Latin, the former pronunciation, /ˈjʊərənəs/, is the expected one. The BBC Pronunciation Unit notes that this pronunciation "is the preferred usage...
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    I Care If You Listen. Retrieved 12 June 2022. BBC Pronunciation Unit. "How to say: Francis Poulenc". BBC. Retrieved 5 January 2025. Lockspeiser, p. 89...
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  • Received Pronunciation, and the English Pronouncing Dictionary uses the term "BBC Pronunciation" to label its recommendations. However, the BBC itself now...
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    Kyiv (category Pages including recorded pronunciations)
    [@RichPreston] (25 February 2022). "And here's what the BBC Pronunciation Unit advises. We changed our pronunciation and spelling of Kiev to Kyiv in 2019" (Tweet)...
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    Holborn (category Pages including recorded pronunciations)
    House, Parker Street Holborn Circus London portal a. ^ Pronunciation: The BBC Pronunciation Unit recommends "ˈhəʊbə(r)n" but allows "sometimes also hohl-buhrn"...
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    two common pronunciations for the word. /ˈkɪləmiːtər, -loʊ-/ /kɪˈlɒmɪtər/ The first pronunciation follows a pattern in English whereby SI units are pronounced...
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    Names of Kyiv (category Pages including recorded pronunciations)
    [@RichPreston] (February 25, 2022). "And here's what the BBC Pronunciation Unit advises. We changed our pronunciation and spelling of Kiev to Kyiv in 2019" (Tweet)...
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    N8, N25, N68, N91, N171 and N242 serve the station. Pronunciation: The BBC Pronunciation Unit recommends "ˈhəʊbə(r)n", but allowing "sometimes also...
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    David Attenborough (category BBC television presenters)
    known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the nine nature documentary series forming the Life collection...
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  • unit prefix is a specifier or mnemonic that is added to the beginning of a unit of measurement to indicate multiples or fractions of the units. Units...
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    and chief music critic of the Birmingham Post, on 13 July 2007. BBC Pronunciation Unit, Speakeasy database, accessed 8 January 2019 Christopher Morley...
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    counterterrorist unit founded in 2019, is disputed. According to the BBC, Al Jazeera, and Die Tageszeitung, he was part of the unit at some point. However...
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  • English pronunciation. It is used by the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Dictcom – Dictionary.com uses a custom phonetic alphabet.[1] BBCBBC Phonetic...
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    The People's Defense Units (YPG), also called People's Protection Units, is a libertarian socialist US-backed Kurdish militant group in Syria and the primary...
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  • words and names in the news from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the BBC Pronunciation Unit. BBC. "Definition of Myanmar — Oxford Dictionaries (British & World...
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    The Women's Protection Units (YPJ) or Women's Defense Units is an all-female militia involved in the Syrian civil war. The YPJ is part of the Syrian Democratic...
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  • speak with an accent called Received Pronunciation (also called "the King's English", "Oxford English" and "BBC English"), that is essentially region-less...
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  • 2016. "BBC News - Oldest US death row inmate dies aged 94". news.bbc.co.uk. February 14, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2016. "Special Confinement Unit Opens...
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  • Lada (Russian: Лада, Russian pronunciation: [ˈladə], marketed as LADA) is a brand of small cars manufactured by AvtoVAZ (originally VAZ), a Russian state-owned...
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    BBC Multimedia was a division of the BBC which dealt with the publishing of computer-game versions of well-known BBC television programmes. The Multimedia...
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    Wojtek (1942 – 2 December 1963; Polish pronunciation: [ˈvɔjtɛk]; in English, sometimes phonetically spelled Voytek) was a Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos...
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    hischura, Hebrew pronunciation: [hä.ʃe̞.ve̞t his.χu.ʁä] Hebrew: הטבח בשמחת תורה, romanized: hatbach beshmachat tura, Hebrew pronunciation: [hät.bäχ be̞ʃ...
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    fundamentally differed by adding pronunciation hints to existing hieroglyphs that had previously carried no pronunciation information. Later on, these phonemic...
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    Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema (French pronunciation: [bʁis klɔ.tɛʁ ɔ.li.gi ŋgɛ.ma]; born 3 March 1975) is a Gabonese politician and military officer who...
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    The Camuy River (Spanish: Río Camuy; Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈmuj]) is a river in Puerto Rico. It is the third largest underground river in the world...
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    H (category Pages including recorded pronunciations)
    continue to show this pronunciation becoming more common among younger native speakers. Despite this increasing number, the pronunciation without the /h/ sound...
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