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Eschew (v)

Welcome to January.

/ɪsˈtʃuː/ (issCHEW)
or, following the spelling,
/ɛsˈtʃuː/ (essCHEW)

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Antediluvian (adj)

belonging to ages prior to the biblical Flood, rather like myself.

/ˌæntɪdɪˈluːvɪən/ (antidiLOOVian)
or sometimes
/ˌæntɪdaɪˈluːvɪən/ (antidiyLOOVian)

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Ralph Fiennes #ralphfiennes

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Hanukkah (n)

/ˈhanʊkə/ (HANuka), or with the sound of the <ch> in Scottish 'loch' at the beginning, /ˈxanʊkə/

'Chanukah' is the same word pronounced the same way!

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Maugham, William Somerset
(b. 1874)

Died on this day in 1965.

Maugham sounds like 'morm' : /mɔːm/

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Hannah Arendt

Philosopher. Died on this day in 1975

/ˈɑːr(ə)nt/ (AHRnt)
/ˈɛərənt/ (AIRnt)

German: [ˈaːʁənt]

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Saussure, Ferdinand de

Swiss linguist, (1857-1913)

/səʊˈsjʊə/ (sohSYOOA)

French pronunciation: /sosyʀ/

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Cowper, William (1731-1800)

Some Cowpers are Cowpers, others are Coopers. The 18th century poet is a Cooper.
/ˈkuːpə/

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Carnegie, Andrew
(1835–1919)

/kɑːˈneɪɡi:/ (kahNAYgee) (This one supposedly best for the name of the man)

/ˈkɑːnəɡi:/ (KAHNegee) or /ˈkɑːrnɪɡi:/ (KAHNigee) (This one for the famous concert venue named after him)

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Spinoza, Baruch de (or Benedict de)
(1632–77)

/spɪˈnəʊzə/ (spiNOSEa)

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Scorsese, Martin
Born on this day in 1942

Tricky for UK English speakers. We'll probably do :
/skɔːˈseɪzi/ (skorSAYzee)

Whereas I think US speakers will probably say
/skɔːrˈsɛsi/ (skorSESSee) - note pronounced <r>)

But Italian [skorˈseːze]

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Frege, Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob

German philosopher born on this day in 1848.
/ˈfreɪɡə/ (FRAYga) in English.

German speakers probably doing it a bit differently though?

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Parmenides
of Elea

pre-Socratic Greek philosopher

/pɑːrˈmɛnɪdiːz/ (pahMENideez)

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Cerebral (adj)

/ˈsɛrɪbr(ə)l/ (SERibral)
or
/sɪˈriːbr(ə)l/ (siREEBral)

I'd like opinions on the possibility that :

a) the second is more favoured in the US than in the UK
b) the first is far more common in 'cerebral palsy'

#cerebralpalsyday

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Foie gras (n)

French for 'fat liver'. Sounds a bit less appetising in English, doesn't it ?
/fwɑː ˈɡrɑː/ (fwah GRAH)

#worldvegetarian day

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Glendower, Owen

or Owain Glyndŵr or Glyn Dŵr

or indeed Owain ap Gruffydd

Proclaimed Prince of Wales on this day 1400.

The anglicised version 'Glendower' is /ɡlɛnˈdaʊə/ (glen DOWer - 'DOW' like 'how')

I look forward to hearing from Welsh speakers for how it's done in Welsh.

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Wollstonecraft, Mary

Died on this day 1797

/ˈwʊlstənˌkrɑːft/ (WOOLstonkrahft) (first vowel as in 'foot', last part as 'craft')

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Dvořák, Antonín

Born on this day in 1841
With its adjacent d and v and peppered with diacritics this name was always going to be trouble.

Usually /ˈdvɔːʒak/ (DVORjak – j like the g in 'rouge')
or
/ˈdvɔːʒɑːk/ (DVORjahk)