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I think (V) - as it's conventionally used, not as ... mean the latter here to correspond to IPA "turned a". Isn't the conventional use of (V) just to describe whatever vowel sound occurs in "cut" in the variety of

The maximum onsets principle isn't universally accepted. See http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/syllabif.htm which ... /n/ goes in the third syllable because of stress.) Jonathan Who is Wells? Professor of phonetics at University College

No, sorry. Will La Salle do? This is a common toponymical element in the Chicago area. Probably some French explorer/fur trader or such. The proper AmE pronunciation is /l@'s&l/ ("la Sal") (as in Didn't need no welfare state

Hi Yo, A vowel sound is determined, as suzi rightly pointed out, not by its look, but by its sound. Two of the most confusing semi/half consonents in Engish are those such as /ju:/ in "Europe and /w/ in "one". The looks of these are very

"Molly Mockford" (Email Removed) a écrit dans le message de : Why is it a university, but an umbilical cord? Because of the pronunciation, not the spelling. University is pronounced Yooniversity (i.e. a consonant-sound rather than a

I think it might be an idea to have something on the website about "short" and "long" vowels, because there does seem to be some confusion about this. Long and short vowels (in the layman's sense of "long" and

: So how does the rule on "u" and "a" or "an" work (or all the vowels for that matter)? Why is it a university, but an umbilical cord? Because of the pronunciation, not the spelling. University is pronounced

the of helps, This is true, but it complicates matters. For example (here I'm using ASCII IPA to represent IPA), the Collins dictionaries, Cambridge dictionaries, and the OED all use (@U) to represent the British (Received Pronunciation)

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