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In General American, it is pronounced however.

/mAr\oU/ doesn't make sense Well, see, she only speaks English not Italian, so when she sees the word Mauro, in English, "au" is often pronounced as /A/* for example: audience, auction, she assumes that "Mauro" should have the /A/ vowel. The "r" of course is pronounced as a retroflex "r" of...

>> Now, said with a Southern French accent, it becomes and / / marks represent IPA or X-SAMPA transcription.I would pronounce "cote d'ivoire" as /kot divwA/.

Well, from what I've heard, the Queen used to pronounce "man" and "men" the same way. Most dialects of English, say them /mæn/ and /mEn/ respectively.Here are some variations of different regions in North American English:Conservative General American:

>> whereas the General American pronunciation is /I'moudiKa:n/. d = flapped /t/<< Interesting. I would say it with a are allophones of the same vowel, and would not affect the meaning, so since you are using / / notation, you can't mark in the vowel length.

>> Isn't it interesting that certain forms of American pronunciation aare older than the British ones? E.g., the short 'a' sound in "glass" and "pass" that the Americans use was the sound used in British English, till they changed it for the preferred long 'AH' sound. << Yes, most...

Hmm. I'm not aware of any dialect that does that. "ban" and "bang" and "ran" and "rang" actually have totally different vowels, at least in my own dialect, and in several others. /bæng/ -> ) , but not the other way around. I'm pretty sure no dialect does that, except for maybe...

They are different in parts of the following regions: Canada Upper Midwest Martha's Vineyard Southern Atlantic Pacific Northwest New England Philadelphia Fens in England Southern US English -- although it's different: /a/ vs. /aI/ Other dialects, including Conservative General American,...

>> whoa. i am from central ny (for those of us who know that upstate is not anything above westchester). we definitely do not have the accent or use any of those pronunciations that you mentioned. << Haha. I see what's going on. Check this out. Xam0 said: cat - keeyat mat -...