For myself and my non-native-English-speaker friends
Pronunciation (approximate, but note the accent)
determine -- dəTErmən [Listen] (not "determayn")
infinite -- INfənət [Listen] (not "infaynayt")
[but finite -- faynayt]
relative -- RElədiv [Listen] (not "releytiv")
derivative -- deRIvah-tiv (not "deriveytiv")
differentiable -- difəRENSHəbəl [Listen]
Names
Cauchy -- Koh-SHEE
Einstein -- AYN -shtayn
Huygens -- HOY-hens
Banach -- BAnah (not "banak")
Poincare -- puan-ka-REH
Schroedinger -- close to shredingher (not shrodinjer)
Viette -- vyet
Grammar
Between you and me (Not: "Between you and I")
Whom did you see (Not "Who did you see")
Ether: "Let's see what it looks like"
or: "Let's see how it look"
but NOT: "Let's see how it looks like"
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