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  1. But you need to learn the pinyin system. Example: in Wade-Giles, the previous most popular romanization system for Chinese, CH and CH' were different sounds, but in pinyin they use Q and J to represent those sounds - neither is pronounced like CH in English, but for people who know the system it's way easier to read and less ambiguous.

  2. 3 days ago · Plymouth, city, seaport, and unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Devon, southwestern England. It lies between the Rivers Plym and Tamar, which flow into Plymouth Sound, providing an extensive anchorage used principally by the Royal Navy. Plymouth, England. Named Sudtone in Domesday Book (1086), Plymouth’s original harbour is ...

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  4. 4 days ago · The Meaning: “Somebody pour me a drink. Somebody bum me a smoke. I'm ‘bout to get on a buzz. I'm ‘bout to get on a roll”. The lyrics for ‘I Can Hear One Calling My Name’ pivot around Post Malone and Blake Shelton's desire to enjoy a carefree Friday night after a stressful week of hard work. They underline that they don't mind how ...

  5. 4 days ago · In an email interview with PlymouthLive, the Canadian musician set to rock Plymouth on June 14 revealed his own family links to the city and his memories of the Hoe and Plymouth Sound

  6. 1 day ago · The parents of a young man left with severe brain damage after he suffered an unprovoked assault in Plymouth fear his attacker could be released from jail this summer due to emergency measures to ...

  7. In English, why do people pronounce some city names with English phonetics and some with the local language's phonetics? Furthermore, why do some cities have English translations but most do not?

  8. 5 days ago · It’s an incredible linguistic journey, yet it’s why words like “tough,” “dough,” “bough,” and “through” aren’t pronounced the same way despite their similar spellings, and why you could technically argue that “g-h-o-t-i” spells “fish.” (They explain how in the video.) Arika Okrent explores “the complexity of ...

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