The Pronunciation Wizard (in retreat)

Eschew (v) Welcome to January. /ɪsˈtʃuː/ (issCHEW) or, following the spelling, /ɛsˈtʃuː/ (essCHEW)

Antediluvian (adj) belonging to ages prior to the biblical Flood, rather like myself. /ˌæntɪdɪˈluːvɪən/ (antidiLOOVian) or sometimes /ˌæntɪdaɪˈluːvɪən/ (antidiyLOOVian)

Ralph Fiennes #ralphfiennes

Hanukkah (n) /ˈhanʊkə/ (HANuka), or with the sound of the <ch> in Scottish 'loch' at the beginning, /ˈxanʊkə/ 'Chanukah' is the same word pronounced the same way!

Maugham, William Somerset (b. 1874) Died on this day in 1965. Maugham sounds like 'morm' : /mɔːm/

Hannah Arendt Philosopher. Died on this day in 1975 /ˈɑːr(ə)nt/ (AHRnt) /ˈɛərənt/ (AIRnt) German: [ˈaːʁənt]

Saussure, Ferdinand de Swiss linguist, (1857-1913) /səʊˈsjʊə/ (sohSYOOA) French pronunciation: /sosyʀ/

Cowper, William (1731-1800) Some Cowpers are Cowpers, others are Coopers. The 18th century poet is a Cooper. /ˈkuːpə/

Carnegie, Andrew (1835–1919) /kɑːˈneɪɡi:/ (kahNAYgee) (This one supposedly best for the name of the man) /ˈkɑːnəɡi:/ (KAHNegee) or /ˈkɑːrnɪɡi:/ (KAHNigee) (This one for the famous concert venue named after him)

Spinoza, Baruch de (or Benedict de) (1632–77) /spɪˈnəʊzə/ (spiNOSEa)

Scorsese, Martin Born on this day in 1942 Tricky for UK English speakers. We'll probably do : /skɔːˈseɪzi/ (skorSAYzee) Whereas I think US speakers will probably say /skɔːrˈsɛsi/ (skorSESSee) - note pronounced <r>) But Italian [skorˈseːze]

Frege, Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob German philosopher born on this day in 1848. /ˈfreɪɡə/ (FRAYga) in English. German speakers probably doing it a bit differently though?

Parmenides of Elea pre-Socratic Greek philosopher /pɑːrˈmɛnɪdiːz/ (pahMENideez)

Cerebral (adj) /ˈsɛrɪbr(ə)l/ (SERibral) or /sɪˈriːbr(ə)l/ (siREEBral) I'd like opinions on the possibility that : a) the second is more favoured in the US than in the UK b) the first is far more common in 'cerebral palsy' #cerebralpalsyday

Foie gras (n) French for 'fat liver'. Sounds a bit less appetising in English, doesn't it ? /fwɑː ˈɡrɑː/ (fwah GRAH) #worldvegetarian day

Glendower, Owen or Owain Glyndŵr or Glyn Dŵr or indeed Owain ap Gruffydd Proclaimed Prince of Wales on this day 1400. The anglicised version 'Glendower' is /ɡlɛnˈdaʊə/ (glen DOWer - 'DOW' like 'how') I look forward to hearing from Welsh speakers for how it's done in Welsh.

Wollstonecraft, Mary Died on this day 1797 /ˈwʊlstənˌkrɑːft/ (WOOLstonkrahft) (first vowel as in 'foot', last part as 'craft')

Dvořák, Antonín Born on this day in 1841 With its adjacent d and v and peppered with diacritics this name was always going to be trouble. Usually /ˈdvɔːʒak/ (DVORjak – j like the g in 'rouge') or /ˈdvɔːʒɑːk/ (DVORjahk)