Spelling pronunciation
From Teflpedia
Spelling pronunciation is the tendency for the pronunciation of words with irregular spelling/irregular pronunciation to be regularised so that pronunciation conforms to the spelling.[1]
A few examples
- herb in BrE is pronounced with the /h/, historically not present.
- hotel was originally pronounced 'otel similar to French.
- balm
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It's essentially opposed to pronunciation spelling which is basically the opposite.
