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Re: Question about how to pronounce Europe

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...

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Re: European

Nona The Brit wrote: It is a European agreement. A goes before a consonant sound, not necessarily an actual written consonant. European starts with a Y sound. An addition. We learned as children that the vowels are "a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y and w". This is a case of where 'y' functions...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Philip 1 yr 87 days ago Vowels Consonants
Re: Doubling

Hi MusesunIt depends on the stress. Doubling occurs if there is one vowel between two consonants and the stress is on that syllable:forgettinglettingoccurredIn interpret the stress is on the second syllable: to prevent a smiley from appearing!

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 1 yr 109 days ago Regards British English Before and After Vowels Consonants
diplomatical letter

Recently, because of my job requirements, I have to write some diplomatical letters to my business partners. For example, invitations, applogy for meeting postpone and so on. Sometime I confuse if I wrote perlite enough or If English speakers do use such sentences as I used to use in those...

ESL Essay, Writing World by Kirsche 1 yr 115 days ago Invitations Vowels Consonants Allophones American English
Re: vowel length distinction before voiced or unv. consonants

I don't think it's called intonation. It's allophonic vowel length: vowel phonemes are realized as longer vowel allophones before voiced consonant phonemes in the coda of a syllable. This is found in all dialects of American English. Some American dialects have some phonemic vowel distinctions...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Marvin A. 1 yr 125 days ago Vowels Intonations Consonants American English Dialects Allophones Phonics
vowel length distinction before voiced or unv. consonants

Hi,Americans use different intonation for vowel sounds in one-syllable words, according to the final consonant (whether it is voiced or unvoiced). Examples:Bit - Bid (the vowel in "bid" sounds different, it is on two levels of intonation)niece - knees (the vowel in "knees" is on two levels)cot -...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 1 yr 125 days ago Vowels Intonations Consonants Dialects
Re: Help! What's a syllable!

From www.m-w.com syllable 1 : a unit of spoken language that is next bigger than a speech sound and consists of one or more vowel sounds alone or of a syllabic consonant alone or of either with one or more consonant sounds preceding or following 2 : one or more letters (as syl, la, and...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 1 yr 132 days ago Vowels Consonants Pronunciation Hyphens
Re: IS "w" A VOWEL

Dear Cyndi:You have actually asked two questions in your posting: (1) Is the letter w a vowel? and (2) For how long have schools been teaching that the letter w is a vowel?Regarding (1), the answer is that w can be both a vowel and a consonant.Regarding (2), at least since 1861 in the United...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 1 yr 138 days ago American English Grammar English grammar Vowels Consonants
Re: W is a vowel

Above I said: First, we can say that when writing the symbol <y> may function as a vowel, as in words such as 'my'. <w> does not have this function in writing in English, although it does in Welsh. On reflection it would have been better if I had said: In writing the symbol...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Forbes 1 yr 153 days ago Vowels Consonants
Re: when to use "a" and "an"

You need to to consider whether it is a vowel or consonant sound that follows, not whether it is an actual vowel or consonant. University starts with the sound 'yoo' - a consonant sound. Therefore it takes 'a'. A university. A unique one. A universal part. An unusual one. An understudy. An...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by nona the brit 1 yr 156 days ago Universities Vowels Consonants

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