Suzhou is the Hanyu Pinyin spelling of the Putonghua pronunciation of the name. The spelling reflects an earlier pronunciation of the sound . Accent is the part of dialect concerning local pronunciation. Most of the unusual correspondences between spelling and modern pronunciation are explained by Middle Vietnamese. Middle English saw significant changes to its vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and orthography. There are minor variations in pronunciation and vocabulary between Quanzhou and Zhangzhou dialects. The correspondence between the orthography and pronunciation is complicated. "Lucknow" is the anglicised spelling of the local pronunciation "Lakhnau". This is found to a great extent primarily in pronunciation and vocabulary. The English word Japan possibly derives from the historical Chinese pronunciation of . They are used to differentiate two-syllable words with otherwise identical pronunciation. Sociolinguists often note hypercorrection in terms of pronunciation (phonology). Thus the English pronunciation of the word colonel. The usual pronunciation of the vowel is , never . The intended English pronunciation is given in furigana.