Common words that have two pronunciations? I don't mean the British or American way of pronouncing the same word. And it's not "either" or "neither" as well. It's like the word "read" which we pronounce it like "red" for its past form. For instance, record, bow, desert, life, present, wind, etc. I don't know the exact term for these words. It'd be better if you could provide the common ones as it'd be easier to remember. Please give your answer along with phonetic symbols and indicate that under what circumstances, the certain pronunciations would be used. Thanks very much!