Re: pronounciations at www.m-w.com


Alan wrote:
> "name" <dohduhdah@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >
> > name wrote:
> >> Hello.
> >>
> >> Often I look up words at www.m-w.com and I love their online
> >> dictionary.
> >> One thing I don't understand though, is why they sometimes partially
> >> leave out the pronounciation of a word.
> >> For instance, if you look up the word 'vehement' (which is not exactly
> >> trivial for a foreigner to pronounce), they only specify how the
> >> last part of it is pronounced.
> >> Can anyone please explain what possible rationale might be governing
> >> their decision to leave out a portion of the pronounciation with no
> >> obvious way to figure out what it should be (as far as I can see)?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for any comments, kind regards, Niek
> >
> > Oops... pronunciation that is.
> >
> Perhaps because they're still following the format of their printed version
> wherein "vehement" follows "vehemence" ---- assuming that you're looking at
> the printed page, just above "vehement" will be "vehemence" and it's not
> necessary to repeat the pronunciation of the "ve-he.." portion. Does make it
> a bit user-unfriendly, though, when you pull up the on-line version which
> shows only single entries......

Ah yes, thanks. It occurred to me after posting. It would be nice if
they included some sort of reference to 'vehemence' in their entry for
'vehement' so it becomes a little more obvious where to look in order
to figure out the pronunciation.
Although they did recently modify their interface to allow for browsing
words alphabetically.

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