- the "l" in "lee" is a clear L : we find it before vowels and /j/. - the "l" in "bell" is a dark one : we find it in all other cases (end of word, before a consonant). However, it is said that in American

There are two issues: (1) heuristics used in phonics (2) phonetics g: /g/, /dʒ/ c: /k/, /s/ /k/ is voiceless, whereas its counterpart /g/ is voiced. /s/ is voicelss; /dʒ/ is voiced. Velar consonants get softened (or voiced) before front vowels

Hi, No. 'Year' does not start with a vowel sound. Clive

I am wondering it could also be 'an year' because it starts with a vowel sound.

r after any vowel has a special place in english. oor usually end up as ʊɚ, ɔɚ, oʊɚ poor: pʊɚ moore: mʊ ɚ , mɔ ɚ , moʊ ɚ floor: fl ɔ ɚ , floʊ ɚ door: d ɔ ɚ d oʊ ɚ oo before any but r: boom: bum doom: dum hood: h ʊd good: gʊd wood:

The vowel in the English "family" is formed with the back of the tongue very high in the mouth (look in a mirror). The Spanish "a" is like the English in "Say 'AHHHH.'" The location of the tongue in the

This is a pet peeve of mine. I hear more and more on the radio, in television and film the lack of proper pronunciation of the word "the" when it precedes a word beginning with a vowel sound. The result of saying "the" with a

Hi, she told me " i met professor shah at _ University". which article is applicable before "University" here? and why? options are 1)a Some particular university that has not yet been mentioned in the

Sue aside. The exact quality of some unstressed vowels is not very important in English, because it varies from accent to accent and from situation to situation. In all such cases, like stay-shun vs stay-shin or Duh-sember vs Dih-sember, just say

They may also have difficulty with a combination of front glide and front vowel, such as in yeast , perhaps saying it as east . Absolutely right CJ, They often pronounce it as east.