What does compel mean?
transitive verb. 1 : to drive or urge forcefully or irresistibly Hunger compelled him to eat.
Is the T silent in exactly?
In practice, yes it is virtually silent unless one makes a special effort to pronounce it. When we have a consonant cluster here /ktl/ one sound is often not heard. The linguistice term for it is “dissimilation”.
Do you pronounce the L in Almond?
A: The “l” in “almond” was silent until very recently. More recent standard dictionaries say we can now properly pronounce “almond” either with or without the “l” sound.
How is Jurgen pronounced?
Pronounce Names
| Pronunciation: | YUR-gen (hard G) |
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| Type of Name: | First name |
| Origin: | German |
| Alternate Spelling(s): | Jürgen |