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  1. 11-26-2008, 01:30 PM #2
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    English is not my native language, but I am pretty good at it.
    My understanding is that there is no simple set of rules to determine pronunciation. I'm sure there are rules, but there are at least as much exceptions as rules.

    For example, the name Ian is pronounced ee-an, but Brian is pronounced br-eye-an.
    Or scone is pronounced skone (or skon) and scythe is pronounced sythe (the c is silent).

    It could be that there are rules governing some of these things (it's at least 15 years ago since I had to learn them), but there are also lots of exceptions.
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