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Hawthorne Pronunciation
Hawthorne is pronounced HAW-thawrn, IPA /ˈhɔθɔrn/.
HAW-thawrn
US /ˈhɔθɔrn/
Syllables: HAW · thawrn (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
proper noun: An English surname, worn most famously by the novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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Hawthorne in a Sentence
- Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter.
- The Hawthorne works outside Chicago gave the effect its name.
- A Hawthorne cousin ran the mill.
Common Mispronunciations of Hawthorne
Not HAW-thurn
The or of the second beat keeps its aw, so it is thawrn rather than thurn.
Not haw-THAWRN
HAW is the loud beat, and the second one keeps its vowel while losing its volume.
Tip: The shrub is hawthorn with no e. The surname usually carries one.
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