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Caesar would have pronounced his own name /ˈkai.sar/. His name is also where the words “czar” and “kaiser” come from.
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We Americans have some pretty weird sounds in our language. The American English /r/ is extremely rare and unusual across the world's languages, for instance.
Here's a guide to American English sounds from the Rosetta Stone blog:
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Researchers have developed a new text prediction algorithm aimed at deciphering the Singapore Stone—and any other fragmentary texts.
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