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Words Pronounced Differently when Capitalized

April 25, 2008
By Gwen C. Aquinas
Some words chage their pronunciation when capitalized. Source:http://jeff560.tripod.com/words3.html
amend
Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 1, Full GRE, scrapbook words, GRE-EXAM-PREP
Ares
Also appears in: Heteronym, Words Pronounced Differently when Capitalized
askew
Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 1, Full GRE, GRE Baron part 1, k5
august
Also appears in: GRE Barron's Part 1, GRE Prep, Full GRE, sd gre list
bad
Also appears in: many meanings, Words Pronounced Differently when Capitalized

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Sunday July 6th, 1:38 PM
Comment by: akabot
I don't get it. These words are pronounced differently when capitalized? In whose dictionary? "Forest" is pronounced the same upper or lower case; same with "forget." Is this a joke?
Tuesday July 22nd, 4:13 PM
Comment by: Ben Zimmer(New York, NY)Visual Thesaurus ContributorVisual Thesaurus Moderator
akabot: Check out the explanation on the linked page. "Forest" is the name of a town in Belgium, "Forget" is the name of a French tennis player, etc.
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