It's pronounced "ar" or /ˈɑr/ if you want to be technical. Source: I work for Oxford English Dictionary.

Rhetorical question, hun. I already know how. :)

I guess you forgot one thing moron, English was invented in ENGLAND, not America. Idiots like you had such a hard time with it that you had to change the spelling and pronunciation of many words. It's our language, you Americans decided to twist it to your own suitability and now you try correcting us? Not only is that totally arrogant but also completely irrational and stupid ... that describes a typical American

yea it is. but it sucks for OP. edit: OP i like your name. stand up for yourself! =]

...wow, where did you pluck that random observation from? p.s: i live near york! yay.

You know, now you made ME register, just to respond to YOU. English is by a far shot NOT a Latin-based language. That would make it a Romance language, a classification reserved for Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Romanian. English developed from old Germanic dialects, mainly the Anglo-Saxon branch. This happened after the Germanic dialects had been partially influenced by Latin, due to Roman expansion into the Germanic lands. The similarities between English and German are very evident when you study the grammar and basic vocabulary of both. Even which verbs are irregular is similar between the two.

Nice use of caps there. Perhaps you should go read what I was replying to before you go off on one. 195 stated that 'English was not invented by the English you idiots, at best it was modified by them. It is derrived from Latin, way to take credit for something not yours.' I was stating that actually, just like every language of Europe, it has descended from a dialect of Latin, and granted in the case of English to a lesser extent than Germanic but again, the point applies there too. This was clarifying ownership of a specific language in regard to the country it is spoken in and how no matter what its roots, the modern version of is something entirely different. Being a smartarse know it all myself I know that English is rooted in the Germanic language, I just don't feel the need to be so arrogant as to assume that people are stupid and so I take the point of other posters and do not ignore the fact that Latin did play a large part in creating the modern version of English, certainly more so than the other main descendant of Germanic, German and just clarify the facts. This is FML, not a site to trace the ancestry of language and I was sticking up for my country, not making a historical statement.

I acknowledged its Latin influences. Specifically, in my statement, "This happened after the Germanic dialects had been partially influenced by Latin, due to Roman expansion into the Germanic lands." Germanic was influenced directly by Latin prior to the Old-English split. English itself was then influenced by Latin and its later descendants, mainly French. Almost all of this influence was in the way of vocabulary borrowing. As such, English is still qualified as a Germanic language, as it contains the main characteristics of that grouping, and does not contain the main characteristics of the Romance languages. The fact that English was influenced by Latin and its descendants does not modify the fact that your statement, "Yes, it is based on Latin, infact if you want to get technical it is a direct descendant of Latin, along with all the major European languages," is flat out wrong. English is classified in the Germanic tree, which is separate from the Italic tree, of which Latin is a main root.

"just like every language of Europe, it has descended from a dialect of Latin," You should ask the Scandinavian, Slavic, Baltic, and Balkan countries where their languages came from. I'm sure they would enjoy enlightening you. Hopefully with kicks.

lol well ok to be honest i didn't follow it all that much this year but i do know that the year before the queen gave them medals for christs sake!! i was just like WOW we must have really hurt you by winning for all these years lol

you british fags think your all that.. your sooo fuken douchy that you have to respond with a full length paragraph explaining all the details and weak points of all of our arguments... its fuken retarded also, if you think that we ****** up ur language dont blame fukin bush, blame ur dam government they're the ones who imposed it on us (i have nothing against british people, just the fags that commented against america)

srry replied to the wrong person nothing against you guys srry

And no one gives a shit about your opinion on our discussion. So, let's stick to the thing right above the comment box: "Speak your mind, but please try and be respectful."