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Episode: 0138 – Pronunciation Guides
Description: 0138 – Pronunciation Guides Pronunciation guidesPronunciation guides are available online: use a reliable one such as ‘The Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation’[1]. For BBC staff, the Corporation has its own Pronunciation Unit whose staff are on hand to answer questions especially on newly-emerging names. For that of a foreign politician who is suddenly in the news, the experts are able to quickly carry out brief research of person, their country of origin and language to see what the ‘root’ of their name is, as well as see whether that person has ever explained how they prefer...