Although most dialects of English used in the former British Empire outside of North America and Australasia are, to various extents, based on British English, most of the countries concerned have developed their own unique dialects, particularly with respect to pronunciation, idioms and vocabulary.

Sephardi Hebrew is the traditional pronunciation of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews and Sephardi Jews in the countries of the former Ottoman Empire.

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, or Gorbachov ( more accurately reflecting the pronunciation of his name ) (; born 2 March 1931 ), is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the Soviet Union, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991.

The former may thus account for the spelling "- gavie ", the latter for the pronunciation "- guy ".

To enable a variety of computer systems to access the pronunciation, the online services of Merriam – Webster specify a less-specific use of ASCII characters, which should not be confused with the former print fonts.

One of these pilgrims was a former prince from Silla named Kim Gyo-gak, who became a monk under the name of Earth Store ( Also called Jijang, the Korean pronunciation of Dizang ).

The former is closer to the original pronunciation of iDEN, as " eye " and " den ".

Both salal and shallon are presumed to be of Native American origin: the former from Chinook Jargon sallal, and the latter from a native word whose pronunciation was recorded by Lewis and Clark as " shelwel, shellwell ".

For example, the character 京 seems to have had an approximate pronunciation of / kjæŋ / at the time of both the Go-on ( 5th-6th century AD ) and Kan-on ( 7th-9th century AD ) borrowings ; however, the unfamiliar vowel / æ / was represented by / a / in the former case and / e / in the latter.

He also found that the album's music and the distinctive pronunciation of Ellis-Bextor's vocal delivery did not work to complimentary effect ; " This former indie poppet explained away her leap into clubbing's sweaty embrace through Number 1 hit Groovejet's use of guitars.

The former pronunciation was the usual one throughout Worcestershire, Shropshire and Dorset.

While the latter exists regionally, dictionaries often give only the former pronunciation.

Historically, the latter pronunciation was used, with the former a colloquialism that has developed over the years.

All three differ minimally from one another and indeed the less ambiguous and archaizing scripts of the latter two have helped to elucidate some aspects of the Sassanian-era pronunciation of the former.

The former Almonte Post Office. Almonte ( pronounced " AL-mont " as opposed to the original Spanish pronunciation of " al-MON-tay ") is a Canadian exurb and former mill town located in Lanark County, in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, Canada.

The latter has the regular final unstressed-o pronunciation, as, and is more widespread in the north of the country, while the former is more common in the south.

During this period, Old Frankish had a major influence on the lexicon, pronunciation and grammar of the Romance languages spoken in former Roman Gaul.

In addition, some words have entered English twice from French, with the result that they have the same source, but different pronunciations reflecting changing pronunciation in French, for example chief / chef ( the former a Middle English borrowing and the latter modern ).

For example, the words insight and incite are distinguished in pronunciation only by the fact that the stress is placed on the first syllable in the former word, and on the second syllable in the latter.

As another example, the first syllable in the pronunciation of the word simultaneously can rightfully be as the first sound of < u > psy </ u > chic, or as the first sound of < u > cy </ u > mbal,, yet SoundSpel proposes siemultaeniusly as a new spelling, showing preference for the former.

Barbara D. Samorajczyk (" Sam-or-Isaac ") ( Polish pronunciation: bar-BAR-a saa-moe-RYE-chick / bar ' bara samɔ ' rajtʂɨk /) is an American politician from Annapolis, Maryland and a former member of the County Council of Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Shirt and skirt are originally the same word, the former being the southern and the latter the northern pronunciation in early Middle English.

Beyond the Night closely follows an actual 20th-century missionary saga in Central Africa, and The Printing uses composite characters to portray the persecution of believers in the former Soviet Union.

From Woodside to near Sandilands ( routes 1, 2 and 4 ) and from near Sandilands almost to Lloyd Park ( route 3 ) Tramlink follows the former Woodside and South Croydon Railway, including the Park Hill ( or Sandilands ) tunnels.

The 2009 film The Men Who Stare at Goats stars Ewan McGregor as a reporter named Bob Wilton who follows a former soldier ( George Clooney ) who claimed to be a " Jedi warrior ", a nickname for psychic spies in the US military.

The former view is shown to be held by Wittgenstein in what follows ...

The series follows a British former secret agent who is held prisoner in a mysterious coastal village resort where his captors try to find out why he abruptly resigned from his job.

The former follows directly from Bayes ' theorem.

Some adjectives change position depending on their meaning, sometimes preceding their nouns and sometimes following them ; for example, ancien means " former " when it precedes its noun, but " ancient " when it follows it.

Set roughly a year after the fall of the Republic, the series follows Obi-Wan as he seeks out possible survivors of the Great Jedi Purge, most notably Anakin's former rival, Ferus Olin.

Not all modern roundabouts are strictly circular, some being elongated to include several former intersections, but the traffic always follows a circular flow.

The mainly Russian language film follows a young girl living in an unspecified country in the former Soviet Union ( filmed in Estonia ) as she is abandoned by her mother, drops out of school, is forced into prostitution and then is kidnapped into sex slavery.

The short portion of US 1 in New Hampshire follows the historic Lafayette Road, staying close to I-95, before leaving the city of Portsmouth on the former Memorial Bridge over the Piscataqua River, which has been demolished and being replaced, leaving a temporary gap in US 1, with two other nearby bridges carrying U. S. Route 1 Bypass and Interstate 95.

According to the former Time correspondent to Jerusalem, Donald Neff, the decisive calculation was as follows: Force had to be used to demonstrate to the Arabs that Israel was in the Middle East to stay, Ben Gurion believed, and to that end he felt strongly that his retaliatory policy had to be continued. Defense Minister Pinhas Lavon gave the order, in coordination with Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion.

Within this interchange, Interstate 97 turns to the northeast and follows the former Maryland Route 3, shifting from a rural Interstate with few exits to a more urban one.

Along the former MD 3 corridor that Interstate 97 now follows, development begins to grow closer to the highway, and the route's road surface changes from asphalt to concrete for the remainder of the route.

Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations, defined a developed country as follows.

Between Seaside Park and Mantoloking, Route 35 follows the right-of-way of the former Pennsylvania Railroad along the Jersey Shore.

This section of Route 35 follows the right-of-way of the former Pennsylvania Railroad Between Seaside Heights and Mantoloking, with the southbound side following the former railroad right-of-way north of Ortley Beach.

Starring Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer, it follows the relationship between two former lovers who meet unexpectedly after not having been in contact for 38 years.

Some of the notable former inmates of Pentonville prison have been as follows.

It portion follows the former route of US 27.

The eastern border of the county follows the former course of the Big Blue River.

To the north of St Guthlac's Cross, it meets Spalding Road ( former A1073 ) and borders Cowbit, and follows the north side of Queen's Bank, crossing the A16.

It follows the former route of US 27, in part.