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noun
a pronunciation based on spelling, usually a variant of the traditional pronunciation. The spelling pronunciation of waistcoat is 
[weyst-koht] rather than [wes-kuh
t] .
[weyst-koht] rather than [wes-kuht] .
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| a pronunciation of a word that is influenced by the word's orthography and often comes about as the modification of an earlier or original rendering, such as the pronunciation of the British name Mainwaring, usually (), as () | |
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Spelling pronunciation
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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