Before hearing the way Tom pronounce glaciers I never realized that it came from the French word for Ice "glace". Mind = Blown. O_O,(reply>), I realized nothing... other than an interesting pronounciation.<br><br>the "Glay-Sher" pronounciation im used to, is also a lot closer to my own language "Gletsjer", which i feel should be obvious enough on pronounciation even in english.,(reply>), That's actually true. In the late 19th century there were a number of movements in the USA to make writing more phonetic. Only a few of these ever became commonplace, though. <br><br>I can't say that British English is any better. I can, however, point out specific cases where one set of vocabulary is more useful in a particular circumstance.,(reply>), Australian = "glay-sha", or more refined "glay-see-er",(reply>), In French it's pronounced "Gla-C-ey" with the "A" as in "cAlifornia" and the "C" as in "a b C ...".<br>Sorry, hard to explain in English...,(reply>), More like "glay-sheer".