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Re: How's and House - are they pronounced differently?

Hi Kooyeen, The vowels you describe are not the same, neither in General American nor British English RP. Because of pre-fortis clipping, the diphthong in "how's" is almost twice as long as that in "house".

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Anonymous 231 days ago Vowels British English Diphthongs
Re: How's and House - are they pronounced differently?

Hi, those two vowels are the same to me. The only difference between "how's" and "house" is the final consonant. I think this is true for both General American and the kind of British English that is usually learned. I don't know if there are people who make a distinction or situations where a...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 231 days ago Vowels Accents Difference between Consonants British English
Re: standard pronunciation of American or British English?

Hi, It has been my experience that students become lost when consulting dictionaries with regard to phonetic symbols as many times each one uses different phonetic symbols. This has caused much grief and I just tell my online students to stay away from it and try to spell the pronunciation out...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Privateenglishportal 265 days ago Vowels Pronunciation Phonetics British English Regards
Re: microcosm & macrocosm( /ai/ & /ae/)

Well, I'm learning American English, so I don't really know much about British English. But I guess the difference between /ai/ (bite) and /ae/ (bat) is more or less the same.I circled the areas where I think "General American" vowels are. /ai/ goes from a sound in a certain area to a sound in...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 275 days ago Vowels Difference between American English British English
Re: Need help with pronounciation guys.

Hi,try posting in the other section of this forum, the one about spoken English.I really don't know how to help you. I mean, it's not simple to give advice just writing here, without hearing your pronunciaton or knowing anything about you. For example, many Asians have trouble with R's and L's....

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 310 days ago British English Vowels
Re: Unreleased final consonants

Well, maybe it's a little different, because there are several kinds of "o" in British English, I think, and there are several kinds of "o" in Italian too. It depends on the accent... Some vowels (produced by speakers form a different region) sound funny to some speakers in Italy too. However,...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 1 yr 43 days ago Vowels Accents British English
Re: Unreleased final consonants

Frog? Clock has also that vowel. We have that vowel in Italian too. Why do you say it's weird? I think there is that vowel in American English, for those who distinguish "cot" and "caught". The vowel in frog (and hot and got, too) is indeed a typical feature of British English. I don't think you...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Orpheus 1 yr 44 days ago Vowels American English Pronunciation British English
Unreleased final consonants

Hi,I read Nona's new post earlier, but... where is it now? I can't see it anymore. It was a post with a link to a website where you could listen to IPA sounds (for British English).Well, I heard a lot of words pronounced with a clear consonant sound at the end. I thought of posting this:What are...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 1 yr 49 days ago Vowels Intonations Accents Difference between Consonants American English British English Glottals

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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Orpheus 1 yr 52 days ago

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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 75 days ago Regards British English Before and After Vowels Consonants