Most people pronounce Bach as though it were spelled Back (as in the friendly Welsh address) Other common pronunciations include Batch, and Baache, used by Dr Bach's daughter, or Bach as in the German composer.

The word is short for "bachelor" and it started out in early New Zealand slang as the name for a hut or cabin, built by a single man and used by him to live in. However for maybe the last hundred years it has referred to a place that a New Zealand family owns and goes to for holidays. They are usually humble, often self-built, and almost always in places of spectacular natural beauty. See similar questions...

Hi WWM Crew, my wrasse's caudal peduncle seems to have faded on both sides and lost it's pink coloration normal of a Lubbock's fairy wrasse. The spot is not white (typical of a parasite infection), but clear, and looks like it has lost pigment. There is also a place on the pale patch where it looks raised in places, almost like the skin has peeled up. lt;Hmmm... do look at pictures of fishes in the archives and beyond with "dropsy" like symptoms (bacterial)... a possibility here. See similar questions...

The Bach flowers (1) are a flower essence system of thirty-eight flower essences prepared from English flowers. They are used for balancing and clearing specific mental states. This system of flower essences discovered by Dr. Edward Bach (pronounced 'Ba-che'), in the 1930's revolutionized this type of alternative therapy. Dr. Bach was a licensed doctor, bacteriologist and homeopathic physician. See similar questions...

We are in a village called Sotwell, just outside a town called Wallingford, in the county of Oxfordshire (Oxon for short - don't ask us why!). If you are driving from London, take the M4 west out of London and turn off at the junction to Henley on Thames. Follow the road into Henley, turning right at the traffic lights in the town and onto the road to Wallingford. Keep on this road all the way into and then through Wallingford. See similar questions...

The word was invented by Donald Watson in the 1940's. It is pronounced "vee-gun". This is the most common pronunciation in the UK today. No one can say this pronunciation in "wrong", so this is also the politically correct pronunciation. In the US, common pronunciations are "vee-jan" and "vay-gn" in addition to "vee-gn", though the American Vegan Society says the correct pronunciation is as per the UK. See similar questions...

The opinions in this regard are not univocal. See similar questions...

That is the question we're asked most often! It is pronounced "tooth", the "w" is silent. The name is a combination of 'two' (for two minutes) and 'tooth'. See similar questions...

PostgreSQL is pronounced Post-Gres-Q-L, and is also sometimes referred to as just Postgres. An audio file is available in MP3 format for those would like to hear the pronunciation. PostgreSQL is an object-relational database system that has the features of traditional commercial database systems with enhancements to be found in next-generation DBMS systems. PostgreSQL is free and the complete source code is available. See similar questions...

To hear one of the vocabulary words pronounced out loud, click on the speaker symbol to the right of the word. Speech over the Internet is not an exact science and there are a number of things you can check if you do not hear the word pronounced. Check that your computer has speakers, that the volume is turned up and not on mute, and that you have Flash installed (most computers do). Also, some recently added words may not have the pronunciation done yet. See similar questions...

There are no prohibitions regarding who can use Bach flowers. Even those suffering from chronic illnesses, the elderly, and infants can use them. In addition, Bach flowers have a wonderful effect on pets and plants. See similar questions...

Wyeast" is a nickname for the Brewer's Choice line of liquid brewing yeasts from Logsdon's Wyeast Laboratories. There are more than a dozen varieties of ale and lager yeasts available from Wyeast. Many brewers that use Wyeast consider it to be of high quality, uncontaminated by bacteria. For a report on contaminants in liquid and dry yeasts available to homebrewers, see the "Yeast" special issue of Zymurgy. See similar questions...

i read the spoilers it was put that all go to end tell he what going to have to inuyashakagome and the other do they kill naraku does it end sad or in a good way or a bad way See similar questions...

Europeans say GON′-dб-la, and Americans say gon-DŌ′-la. Both pronunciations are correct – same word, same meaning. The root word translates as “a basket that carries things.” See similar questions...

The only real trick to pronouncing it correctly is to treat the 'y' as an 'i'. It is pronounced as if it were spelled "neodimium". See similar questions...

headquarters in New York, ProZ.com staff refer to the site as "proz-dot-com", with the 'proz' part pronounced exactly like "(written) prose" or "pros" (as in professionals). But some people say "pro-zee-dot-com", "pro-zed", "procetta", etc. See similar questions...

The perfect candidates! The cushion is designed to the anatomy, i.e., the skeleton. Therefore, thin atrophied persons do very well on this product. Also, they are at the highest risk for breakdown, and, so, should be on this product. See similar questions...

Despite what you've read in People or heard on Oprah, it's not "Vox." It's "Vax" … rhymes with "ax" or "tax." The fact that he was born and raised in New York is just a coincidence. Any name that isn't spelled as it sounds is likely to suffer this fate; phonetic attempts produce varying results. A linguist once informed us that there are "three literate misspellings" of Vachss ... "Vacchs," "Vachhs," and "Vaachs. See similar questions...