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I have difficulties spelling anonymous because I have trouble remembering how to even say it. Is there an easy way to remember its spelling?

dayuloli
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    anon - y - mou(se) – MrWhite Mar 10 '14 at 09:11
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    Practice makes perfect. Write it down a hundred times, then type it a hundred times. No really, go ahead and do just that. That is how you learn the spelling of all words, after all. Ideally, you should also read it a hundred times. (Which in this day and age is easier than ever, as you can simply search the Web or a corpus, and get any number of sentences using it in context.) – RegDwigнt Mar 10 '14 at 12:28
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Anonymous: A nyone N ot O penly N amed. Y et M ore O ften: U nknown S ource.

Does that fit the bill?

stib
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Associate these not too precise fragments:

Greek -> Latin:
onyma = bear a name
onymus = a work/entity that bears a name.
an onymus = unnamed.

From which English derives:
onymous = an entity that bears a name; a work whose author or creator is named

syn onymous = same named
al onymous = having asummed alternate name
an onymous = un named

Hence,
syn-onym, syn-onymous-ly
al-onym, al-onymous-ly
an-onymous-ly

Blessed Geek
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For writing it:

  • Write it on an index card and refer to it when you need it.
  • use a spell checker. They are actually quite good these days.

For saying it:

If you cannot remember how to say it, avoid using it.

If you want to use the word, but can't remember how to say it, do what we all do: put in some work and practice!

Say in private. "Ahh - non - ee - mus"

There now. Four syllables.

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