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sm_samad2010  [More info]
how do you pronounce "schedule" the british way?
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+1 everlastinghope  [More info]
American proununciation of "schedule" is skedule and British one is shedule like " sh" of  T shirt.
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Submitted by hitchhiker v5 by sm_samad2010 187 days ago
Lesson Five: It's Important To Stress The Correct Syllable In A Word Another reason that English is difficult to speak is how words are stressed. For words of more than one syllable, some syllables are always accented or stressed more than others. Here is an...
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everlastinghope
“American proununciation of "schedule" is skedule and British one is shedule like " sh" of  T shirt.

 

I agree but the d sound is pronounced more like 'dy'.

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+1 everlastinghope  [More info]
Thanks a lot,I didn't know that.
+1 BillJ  [More info]
I'd reinforce that. You can see the d-y effect clearly if you pronounce it like this:

 

SHED-YOOL In BrEng

 

and SKED-YOOL in AmEng. 

 

BillJ

 

 

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