Formal Speech A puzzle by Isaac Asimov: What word in the English language changes its pronunciation when it is capitalized? SelectClick for Answer> Asimov was thinking of polish, but there are many others: august, herb, job, lima, natal, nice, rainier, reading, rodeo, tangier … … and the delightful Mousehole, a village in Cornwall whose name is pronounced mau-zill — and which presumably contains mouseholes. Thanks to Wade and Dominic for the long list. November 28, 2009January 22, 2013 | Language · Puzzles