Vanyatka  +  311564 Sat, 06 Jan 07 11:11 PM Hi, Is it normal to mispronounce wonder? I can hear people constantly say /wOnder/, as opposed to normal /w^nder/, which should be pronounced like, e.g. in a cup. If there wasn't another word, to wander, I woulnd't care.... Am I too petty? Vanyatka Joined on Tue, Aug 8 2006 New Member 43

	Ant_222  +  311565 Sat, 06 Jan 07 11:15 PM Iteresting, how does Del Shannon pronounce this word in his «Runaway»? To your ears, I mean. Ant_222 Joined on Sun, May 21 2006 Podolsk, Russia Contributing Member 1,716

	Vanyatka  +  311576 Sat, 06 Jan 07 11:39 PM Thanks for the reply! He clearly sings /wOnder/ to me .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEfLUl58bVY Is something wrong with my hearing? Can you give a similar great example with "to wander", to compare them both ? Vanyatka

	Ant_222  +  311579 Sat, 06 Jan 07 11:47 PM No, I can't give another example. To me he sings wOnder too. But I may be wrong! I have no experiance is spoken English. Ant_222

	Vanyatka  +  311582 Sun, 07 Jan 07 12:05 AM    Ant_222 wrote: No, I can't give another example. To me he sings wOnder too. But I may be wrong! I have no experiance is spoken English. Thanks ant, I'm a bit baffled on this right now, as different dictionaries "pronounce" it differently. The closest pronunciation to /w^nder/ I found at bartleby is http://www.bartleby.com/61/57/W0205700.html Compare it to "to wander" http://www.bartleby.com/61/wavs/46/W0024600.wav What I mean is that often people say #2 when they actually mean #1 Vanyatka Pronunciation