How to pronounce thanh
John Parsons
Published Feb 26, 2026
Is Thanh a Vietnamese name?
The name Thanh is a girl’s name of Vietnamese origin meaning “bright blue; brilliant”. A common Vietnamese name heard for both boys and girls in the U.S.How do you pronounce Pho Thanh?
Some people are adamant that the “o” is long, while others contend the soup should be pronounced as “fuh.” While the origin of pho’s true pronunciation may be debatable, the pronunciation itself is not. Pho is pronounced “fuh,” no matter how you slice it.Is the N silent in Nguyen?
Is the ‘n‘ silent in ‘Nguyen‘? No, the n is not silent. The n is part of the digraph “ng” which is the velar nasal sound of /ŋ/ found in words like ring and sing.How is an pronounced?
A becomes a (ay), and an becomes an (aan). And if we’re saying the letter of the alphabet, we say Ay. What about the? Again, we don’t normally stress that either, but sometimes we can and then the pronunciation changes to the (thee).Is it pronounced Nike or Nikey?
Nike chairman Phillip Knight has confirmed that it’s “Nikey” not “Nike“, meaning I’ve essentially been talking nonsense for years. The great pronunciation debate, second only to that of ‘gif’ and ‘jif’, came to a head after Knight was sent a letter asking him to circle the correct way of saying the brand name.Is the D silent in Wednesday?
Most Americans don’t pronounce the d in Wednesday. But just because you can’t hear it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. As it turns out, Wednesday actually has Germanic linguistic origins. It is derived from the Old English word, Wōdnesdæg, which honors the Germanic god Wodan.Is the D in handsome silent?
Silent D: The letter D is silent when it comes just before the letters N and G. The letter D is also not pronounced in the following common words: handsome, handkerchief, sandwich. Silent E: When the letter E comes at the end of words it is usually not pronounced.Is R silent in February?
The r in February has been dropped so that it is almost always pronounced Febuary–without the r. Perhaps this is because placing the r sound in the word makes it slightly more difficult to pronounce, and since laziness tends to get the upper hand when we speak, Febuary has become the common pronunciation.Why is Wednesday spelled wrong?
The word “Wednesday” has adapted over time, too. Wodan and Mercury, although quite different, were both linked to the day of the week we know as Wednesday. As Wōdnesdæg moved from Old English to Middle English, its spelling changed. It became “Wednesdei” and the “d” remained, even as the word morphed into “Wednesday.”Why is the K in Knight silent?
The word ‘knight‘, with its silent ‘k‘, and silent ‘gh’, is cognate with the German word for servant, ‘knecht’, where every letter is pronounced. So, in a word like ‘bite’ (not a real old-English example, but simpler for exposition) the ‘e’ at the end would have meant that the word was pronounced bi.Why is it spelled bologna?
As you may know, there is a city in northern Italy called Bologna, which is home to many delicious delicacies, including mortadella. Mortadella is traditional cured sausage made from ground pork. So, the “bologna” spelling comes from the Italian city it’s named for.Why do Brits say Zed?
The British and others pronounce “z”, “zed”, owing to the origin of the letter “z”, the Greek letter “Zeta”. This gave rise to the Old French “zede”, which resulted in the English “zed” around the 15th century.Why do British people say bloody?
It’s a way of being profane without being offensive. “Bloody” is pretty archaic and almost acceptable as a swear word. Mostly its a London word and pronounced “blardy”. If by ‘they’ you mean British people, then it’s just a filler word really.What is the 27th letter of the alphabet?
| Ampersand | |
|---|---|
| Alphabetical position | (27) |
| History | |
| Development | ?? ET et & |
| Time period | c. 100 CE to present |
