Authoritative Pronunciation Novels & Stories

"Thank you very much for your outstanding speech. Let's have a look. Your comprehensive score is..." The host said in an impassioned tone, reminding the six judges not to forget to give their marks. "Yuri, did you ever stay in America?" Professor Smith asked. He spoke in American English, the same pronunciation as that of Yuri. "No." Yuri replied in English. "Where did you learn the pronunciation? It's so correct!" "No, I haven't. My neighbor used to be American. I just listen and learnt."

He was not able to pronounce her name properly. " it's Rithambara " said Augustus in his thick Roman accent. Aurelius looked at him with wide eyes. He was thinking how did he pronounce such a foreign name and that also with accuracy. Though Augustus was his best friend, he didn't dare to tease him anymore because he was already in horrible mood.

He emphasized each word, his voice laced with authority. “RIGHT NOW!”

Lola's Pov "The full primary declaration is forty three lines," Arthur said. "The chamber traditionally requires a minimum of the first twenty to confirm authenticity. Twenty consecutive lines spoken correctly with natural recall and accurate pronunciation." "And the pronunciation. Is it documented anywhere." "There are phonetic guides in the founding records archive. Unofficial transcriptions made by scholars over the years. The problem is that unofficial means exactly that. If the elder suspects the speaker learned from a transcription rather than from a parent or bloodline elder, he can flag the cadence regardless of whether the words are technically correct."

In the Council rotunda, she spoke Marcus's own language, reading aloud the clauses he had written with his own hand. The two interpretations sounded almost identical in the ancient pronunciation, differing only in the length of a single prefix vowel. The long vowel meant "inherit." The short vowel meant "be deprived of." Marcus had chosen an ambiguous vowel between long and short, placed perfectly within the sentence to be masked by the suffix vowel of the preceding word. In legal terms, this was the deliberate exploitation of the vowel merger that occurred during the transition from ancient wolf tongue to modern common speech.

He opened the book and began teaching the basics, starting with two lettered words and nervously, I followed. He pronounced them countless times and nervously, I just listened. “Pronounce it.” He instructed and I gulped down saliva. I stared at the words for a moment. “I… I…iti…” My voice started out well and reduced drastically as I began to pronounce the words. My voice faltered and became more hesitant to say anything. “Louder.” He warned, a frown spread across his face and I began to breathe heavily, my nervousness increasing. “….” I began to pronounce wrongly, in my anxiety I had completely forgotten the simplest pronunciation.