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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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Orpheus 1 yr 142 days ago Vowels, Difference Between, Consonants, American English, Pronunciation, British English, Diphthongs, Images

Re: Canadians and their English

General Canadian English is extremely similar to General American English. However, there are a number of differences between the two dialects. Firstly, GCE (General Canadian English) exhibits a linguistic phenomenon called Canadian Raising. Basically, the diphthong “ai ” --as in "by" or...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Anonymous 1 yr 231 days ago Universities, Vowels, Difference Between, Dialects, Idioms, Articles, Numbers, Diphthongs, American English, Definite Articles, Consonants
Re: I'm desperate! I need help :(

8. Why do you say “She is a one-eyed teacher” and not “ She’s an one eyed teacher”? (Focus on a phonetic explanation) The article an is used before vowel sounds, not vowel letters. The word one is pronounced wun . The w is not a vowel sound even though the o in o-n-e is a vowel. So a must be...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Tartan 2 yr 29 days ago Articles, Verbs, Difference Between, Auxiliaries, Vowels, Consonants, Accents, Pronunciation, Cookies, Phonetics
Re: I'm desperate! I need help :(

Nestor_fes wrote: 8. Why do you say “She is a one-eyed teacher” and not “ She’s an one eyed teacher”? (Focus on a phonetic explanation). Although 'one' begins with a vowel, it is pronounced with the sound of a consonant - 'w'. 9. Miss Justine Fair listened to the two Chilean...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 2 yr 29 days ago Verbs, Difference Between, Auxiliaries, Vowels, Consonants, Accents, Phonetics
Re: The reform of linguistics

I am not infatuated with the software that runs this site. Often I cannot post a message. I wrote a lengthy response to this, and then suddently everything disappeared. I think that this second writup will be shorter. Forbes wrote: Imagine a language in which: “The man hit...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Anonymous 2 yr 202 days ago Nouns, Intonations, Vowels, Difference Between, Numbers, Morphology, Consonants, Curriculum Vitae
Re: The reform of linguistics

Imagine a language in which: “The man hit the table with a stick” is “Copoloteko tipadela tisadure asutariki bu.” In this sentence co = a classifier indicating that we are talking about something animate polo = man te = a nominative case marker ko = the speaker wishes to...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Forbes 2 yr 203 days ago Nouns, Intonations, Vowels, Difference Between, Articles, Numbers, Nominative, Accusative, Morphology, Consonants, Curriculum Vitae
Re: Syllabic Consonant ???

I think you could add "r" in some varieties of English. Whether a consonant is syllabic depends partly on the speaker and partly on the perception of the listener; some would analyse these syllables as containing a schwa vowel. I for one would say that there was no difference between "button"...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Forbes 2 yr 283 days ago Vowels, Difference Between, Consonants
Re: pronunciation of spin, stick

Ricky, The English speaker hears the difference between 'b' and 'p' as the difference between a voiced and an unvoiced consonant. The Chinese speaker hears the difference between 'b' and 'p' as the difference between an unaspirated and an aspirated consonant. Initial 'p' as in 'pot'...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 2 yr 294 days ago Difference Between, Spelling, Consonants, Pronunciation, Phonetics
Re: pronounciation of G, J

/ch/ is pronunced in the same manner that I explained, and it is somewhere between /t/ and /sh/. The only difference between /ch/ and /dz/ is something linguistics refer to as unvoiced/voiceless and voiced . In the articulation process of a voiced consonant, /dz/ for example, the vocal cords are...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by LanguageLover 2 yr 336 days ago Difference Between, Consonants
Re: A hotel, an hotel?

American and British English differences have nothing to do with this. Herb is the only example of difference between the two. 'An hotel' is archaic but may still be used by old-fashioned writers. The rule that somebody mentioned above is correct: an + 'h' when the first syllable is...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Glsutcliffe 3 yr 105 days ago Difference Between, British English, Consonants

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