Yes, there are regional variations in American English. Do you know which accent is chosen by MW as the reference in the pronunciation keys. Is it General American? My problem is that, as I have mentioned before, they are indeed denoted

Hi, the American Pronunciation you found is ok, and Merriam-Webster is the best (in my opinion) to check American pronunciations. The thing is you have to learn how to read phonetic transcriptions in the dictionaries you use, because often every

Thanks, GG. Now this is absolutely confusing to me. I always had problem with reading the pronunciation keys for American English. British pronunciations have long been standardized on IPA. Why can't American English dictionaries use IPA???

(b) I really don't think that /w/ is a vowel-like sound at all... think of the difference in pronunciation between the word 'shah' and the name 'Shaw'. It's a subtle difference, but they produce different sounds. In my

Are you sure? I think that: (a) In writing <w> can function as a vowel sign (as in "cow") and as a semi-consonant (as in "won") (b) in (English) speech /w/ is a semi-consonant, by which I mean a vowel-like sound

Hi Jim, Sorry, I forgot that a syllable has to contain at least one vowel. You are also correct about the sound of the d . I referred to different pronunciation tables and all the tables had that the consonant d would be pronounced as in card or

I've always heard that if the portion of the name after the Mc begins with a vowel, the name is pronounced with stressed MACK. Otherwise, it's unstressed mick, mi before c, k, or g (McGihon = mi - GHEE-in). It works for McElroy, McIntyre,

Hi, well, I think the original poster was contrasting two different pronunciations, one with an r-colored schwa (as in "curly"), and the other with just a simple schwa (as in "cut"). So, without using any phonetic

I think "current" with the vowel as in "curly" is the most common pronunciation by far in the US. The other is the most common in the UK. Hi Kooyeen I don't think you're correct. The following is extracted from an

I think "current" with the vowel as in "curly" is the most common pronunciation by far in the US. The other is the most common in the UK.