By Vowels, Pronunciation

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My students always have questions about this pronunciation feature. I know of four patterns that might help you predict where to pronounce 't' as a soft /d/.1. when a ‘t’ is between vowels when the preceding vowel is stressed in words such as: city, party, forty, water2. when a ‘t’ comes...

t is not pronounced d after an s or a c and in many other situations. A vowel, including r-colored vowels, must precede and a vowel must follow, and the stress must be in the syllable before the t. See How to pronounce a 't' in American English and following posts for more details than...

The T will often become a D after an R or between vowels, which are voiced, although not if it comes at the end of the word. Congradulations. Petals (on flowers) will sound like pedals (on a bicycle). Mister - the T comes after an unvoiced S. (You also left out the S in your suggested...

I have checked all the major dictionaries for the pronunciation of auntie. You cannot skip the t sound in it. Well, you can stick to your personal pronunciation if you like.Barbara, what do you mean by you mean the vowels as the same?And you said ''You wouldn't skip the T in...

Heh, I know in the UK there are lots of interesting accents. Some people drop this, skip that, shift vowels here, put glottal stops there... Different accent in different places, different social groups, different age groups... It's so in the US too, and in other countries too, I guess....

Despite being wrong, they all make sense, since they are pronounced the same, except "then" vs "than". I've never understood that very well, but I recently noticed that "then" and "than" can actually be pronounced the same when the vowel in...

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 differently in British English. The first one is a simple...

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 dictionary uses its own conventions. Also,...

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??? The symbols in Merriam-Webster is different...