As it happens, you can correctly pronounce “turmeric” either with or without sounding that first “r”: TUR-mer-ik or TOO-mer-ik. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.) gives both as standard pronunciations.
Is it pronounced turmeric or tumeric?
It’s tur-mur-ick, according to The Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Amongst other suggested health benefits put forwards by studies, turmeric for men has shown to increase blood flow that is suggested, in turn, to help that muscle’s virility, and to increase testosterone production to aid with increasing the male sex drive.
Why is Lieutenant pronounced with an F?
“Lieu” means place and “tenant” means holding. So a Lieutenant is someone who “holds a place” or functions as a deputy of a superior. It’s believed that at some time before the 19th century, the British read and pronounced the “U” at the end of “lieu” as a “V” and the “V” later became an “F”.
Why do the British say bloody?
Bloody. Don’t worry, it’s not a violent word… it has nothing to do with “blood”.”Bloody” is a common word to give more emphasis to the sentence, mostly used as an exclamation of surprise. Something may be “bloody marvellous” or “bloody awful“. Having said that, British people do sometimes use it when expressing anger…
While “Feb-RU-ary” is still considered the standard pronunciation, most dictionaries recognize the pronunciation of February without the first “r” (“Feb-U-ary”) as an acceptable variant.
Why is colonel spelled without an R?
Why is the word “colonel” pronounced with an “r” sound when it is not spelled with an “r”? “Colonel” came to English from the mid-16th-century French word coronelle, meaning commander of a regiment, or column, of soldiers. By the mid-17th century, the spelling and French pronunciation had changed to colonnel.
Why D is silent in Wednesday?
So where did this d come from? And why don’t we pronounce it? As it turns out, Wednesday actually has Germanic linguistic origins. It is derived from the Old English word, Wōdnesdæg, which honors the Germanic god Wodan.
