Here are my comments. The parentheses indicate that something is not part of General American-like dialects or RP, but is found in certain regional dialects.. CA R -- American R's are always pronounced, British R's are not. In General

I'm afraid that in British English the rule *is* different. We do indeed tend to use hyphens after the prefix "non-" (which avoids the possibility of mispronouncing words such as "nonnative" ). As regards other prefixes,

Wow, you even studied linguistics... Well, /ɪ/ is the vowel in TIP, and /aɪ/ is the diphthong in TYPE. The symbol /i/ technically stands for a higher vowel, as in TEA, for example. That's IPA. SAMPA is another transcription method where only

There are some english loans to german language... So the pronunciation should be nyke (silent e) or nee-ka (German vowels)

Hi, I can't figure out how to pronounce this sound, I've read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-open_front_unrounded_vowel and http://www.soundsofenglish.org/pronunciation/a.html ,I have also heard lot of words on wiktionary and howjsay.com . I've

Thanks Zerox. Just want to check if I understood it correctly. Are they devoiced /z/? 1. absorbs, clouds, bags, levels, dims, unions, cheers, evolves However, if the final "s" follow a vowel, I found from the dictionary that sometimes it is /z/

Anonymous wrote: How's is pronounced , with a voiced s because there is a vowel sound before the s. Your rule about English /s/ being voiced after a vowel sound does not always apply (house below is not pronounced with a /z/-sound although

Hi Cool Breeze, How's is pronounced , with a voiced s because there is a vowel sound before the s. Your rule about English /s/ being voiced after a vowel sound does not always apply (house below is not pronounced with a /z/-sound although

Thank you Grammar Geek for your compliment, I am glad to be here with you sharing and learning. In fact I have also meant what you said. If the pronunciation starts with a consonant sound then it takes "a", as in "university". Besides, as in

it entirely depends on the pronunciation of the word, if the pronunciation begins with a vowel then u should use "an".