Pronunciation guide to non-dictionary based words/name ???

Being a keen Linguistic myself, especially interested in Phonetics, I often check the "phonetics" of a certain word using this dictionary:





http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.a...





I wonder if there's something similar that shows the phonetics (i.e. the pronunciation guide) of person's name, company name, city names, etc. (since this dictionary fails to do so, I'm afraid).





I often use www.dictionary.com to check pronunciation guide of certain person or city names but it doesn't cover everything.





Is there any dictionary that specialises in giving the pronunciation guide of say city like "Kyoto" (Japan) or company name like "Anheuser-Busch" (Budweiser) or "Peugeot" (car), personal names like "Vincent" or surname like "McDonald/Hoffman/Smyth", etc.

Pronunciation guide to non-dictionary based words/name ???
Hi, try the Cambridge english pronouncing dictionary by Daniel Jones, i'm not sure if they have a website, coz i couldn't find it. But the book has most of the pronunciations you are looking for.





Kyoto - 'kjeu.teu/ki'eu.teu/ki:ou.tou (eu as in diphthong low)


Peugeot - p3:zeu/p3:zou/pu:zou/pju:zou (z as in measure)


Vincent - vint.s(shwa)nt (the shwa sound is very slight)


Smyth - Smith(th as in your theta)/smaith


McDonald - m(shwa)k'dan.(shaded shwa)ld/maek.da:n(shaded schwa)ld


Hoffman - ha:fm(schwa)n





Hope this helps..

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