pronounceable

The reason that I bothered with the argument of vowelless [mz] being pronounceable is simply that I do, in fluent speech, usually produce the vowelless [mz], and therefore wanted to explain the more objectionable position, figuring the vowelled pronunciation of Ms. could defend itself.

“Ms.”-ing the point « Motivated Grammar

AMUN, among the Egyptians, was a name pronounceable by none save the

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

“Al-Kajari” is the corruption, which denotes its foreign origin, and renders its name pronounceable to Arabs.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah

Amun's name pronounceable only by the Egyptian Priests, 621-l.

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

It's telling that Cameron describes the resulting tongue as something that is "pronounceable" yet sounds "exotic and not specific to human languages."

Utter Coolness

In an earlier issue of VERBATIM writers have commented on what have come to be called "bacronyms," names of companies, products, charities, and other institutions that have been chosen solely because their acronyms yield words that are pronounceable, meaningful, or both.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 4

Popping into the oven, I perused the ingredients list which again was mercifully short and pronounceable, but odd.

A Miss and a Surprise Hit

Popping into the oven, I perused the ingredients list which again was mercifully short and pronounceable, but odd.

Archive 2009-07-01

Mr. Alter conducted a similar study in 2006 showing that companies with pronounceable ticker symbols—such as RAD for Rite Aid Corp.—performed better in the stock market following an initial public offering.

News & Trends in Management

I was the guest at the Science Fiction Society of Northern New Jersey, famous for having the least-pronounceable acronym in skiffydom.

May 17th, 2009