Acronyms, Brand Names, and Corporations
Brand name or acronym starts with . . .
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Key to pronunciation
(Note: Stressed syllables are in UPPER CASE.)
Ā, ā = able, rate
Ä, ä = father, wand
A, a = pat, marry
Â, â = air, prepare
Ē, ē = evil, reel
E, e = end, edit
Ī, ī = ice, ride
I, i = in, blister
Ō, ō = over, roll
O, o = on, rob
Ô, ô = off, audit
OO, oo = spoon, ooze
Ü, ü = book, foot
U, u = under, but
Û, û = urge, burn
YOO, yoo = unify, beauty
ə = affair, sofa (general “shwa” sound)
TH = thing, healthy
DH = there, weather
CH = chair, bleach
J = judge, edge
KH = Gutteral, as in German “ach” Scottish “loch”
OI = boy, poise
OU = shout, around
SH = ship, wish
ZH = pleasure, corsage
[D], [N], [R], etc. = As in French “bon”
Suggested rather than said, with preceding vowel nasalized.