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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...

Most linguists believe "<w>, like <y>, is a semivowel (a glide if you will). It functions as consonant but phonetically or articulatory a moving vowel because it moves rapidly from one vowel position to another. Some call it a phonetic vowel, semi-consonant or a vowel in disguise. It...

>> My understanding of Canadian raising is different. It has to do with changes in the first component of these diphthongs (raising it) before unvoiced consonants, nothing to do with using the same first component in both of these diphthongs. << Yes, it's only before voiceless...

Then you have Canadian raising if you pronounce both / aI / and / aU / as . My understanding of Canadian raising is different. It has to do with changes in the first component of these diphthongs (raising it) before unvoiced consonants , nothing to do with using the same first component in...

>> To me the /a/ in m-w's how was very much like the a in cat. It's not the way I say it -- and I thought I spoke Standard American. > To me the /a/ in m-w's life was very much like the u in but. It is the way I say it. I belong to that group of people who use the short u instead of the...

To me the /a/ in m-w's how was very much like the a in cat . It's not the way I say it -- and I thought I spoke Standard American. To me the /a/ in m-w's life was very much like the u in but . It is the way I say it. I belong to that group of people who use the short u instead of the broad a in...

Well, well, my friend. I just checked. You are right. In the transcriptions that I have found and could remember they transcribe, for example, Tzigane as - it is a new sound. So I agree, this sound is not cleared out regarding its pronunciation. However, in Microsoft Encarta dictionary tools...

British English has around 44 sounds (24 Consonants + 7 short vowels + 5 long vowels + 8 diphthongs). I wonder, how many sounds are there in Standard (i.e. ignoring any regional variation) French, German, Spanish, Hindi & Chinese ??? Lastly, which language in the world has the least &...

Being deeply involved in sounds of English lanaguge & its phonetics, I wonder if people around could enlighten me bit further by answering the following questions ??? Firstly, I wish to know as EXACTLY, how many sounds are there in English ??? Do we count "diphthongs" as individual...

Hope you don't mind my quoting from a book, Soarer. Old English had a system of long and short vowels and diphthongs...The short vowels have remained relatively constant over the centuries, so that many words are pronounced today as they were in Old English: fisc "fish", aet "at"...The...