If you have a rhotic accent, you pronounce the /r/ sound whenever the letter 'r' appears in a word, like in 'learn', 'better' and 'perfect'. North American accents are usually rhotic, and other ...

In fact, any letter representing a vowel sound can be pronounced as schwa. For example, the first vowel in the word 'connect' is a schwa sound but it's written with the letter 'o', and the second ...

With nearly two decades of retail management and project management experience, Brett Day can simplify complex traditional and Agile project management philosophies and methodologies and can explain ...

Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, certified VITA tax preparer, IRS annual filing season program participant, and tax writer. Vikki Velasquez ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Abstract: In the field of expressive speech synthesis, a lot of work has been conducted on suprasegmental prosodic features while few has been done on pronunciation variants. However, prosody is ...

This project aims to provide a series of dictionaries consisting of wordlists with accompanying phonemic pronunciation information in International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcription for as many ...

Malignant tumors can invade nearby tissues and spread to other parts of the body. Some malignant conditions like malignant hypertension are not cancer, but they are still very serious. Both benign and ...

Delirium is a sudden change in thinking that makes someone confused and disoriented. It is common among older adults in hospitals and is usually temporary. Risk factors for delirium include age, ...

Objective Lack of consensus on the definition of mental health has implications for research, policy and practice. This study aims to start an international, interdisciplinary and inclusive dialogue ...