Penicillin  +  392910 Mon, 16 Jul 07 08:06 PM Hello Is there difference about pronunciation "Europe" between U.S & U.K? How to pronounce it in U.K? Thanks Penicillin Joined on Wed, Aug 25 2004 Full Member 334 Pronunciation

	Grammar Geek  +  392934 Mon, 16 Jul 07 09:03 PM YUR-up is the US pronunciation. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,652 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	MrPedantic  +  392990 Mon, 16 Jul 07 11:35 PM And in the UK... MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	Buddhaheart  +  393058 Tue, 17 Jul 07 05:53 AM I pronounce it with the ‘u’ /ju:/ as in use, university & the ‘o’ /c/ not with its full quality sound but as a reduced schwa sound /b/. I believe this is how most Canadians especially those in the West Coast would utter it. Buddhaheart Joined on Sat, Jan 20 2007 Vancouver Canada Full Member 134 Universities

	Orpheus  +  393064 Tue, 17 Jul 07 06:10 AM I'd say that there is a slight difference between the US and UK pronunciation of the word. The first syllable of Europe in British English is generally pronounced with the diphthong // while in American English it is simply with the vowel //. The diphthong // is a characteristic of British English and is not found in American English; American English in corresponding places would have the simple vowel // followed by /r/. The first consonant sound /j/ on the other hand is pronounced exactly the same in both American and British English. It is the same /j/ as in 'you'. Orpheus Joined on Tue, Jun 17 2003 Jakarta, Indonesia Regular Member 587 'Truth is Subjectivity' - Kierkegaard Vowels, Difference Between, Consonants, American English, Pronunciation, British English, Diphthongs, Images

	Grammar Geek  +  434196 Wed, 24 Oct 07 02:39 PM Anon, did you READ the posts in this thread?? Grammar Geek