[Corpora-List] pronunciation

[Nicoleta Bateman]

Hi,

It may be the case that the misspelling of "pronunciation" is a result of
its relationship to the word 'pronounce', which is spelled with an 'o' and
also sounds different.

Nicoleta

On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Josephine Lo wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I'm interested in the word "pronunciation" since recently I noticed that it
> is quite commonly misspelled as "pronounciation". Is this a common mistake
> only among non-native speakers? Is is possible that the "o" one would make
> its way through and eventually replace "pronunciation"?
>
> Thank you
>
> Josephine Lo
>