Is there a difference in the pronunciation of General American 'back' and RP 'back'? For example as in: I came back Wednesday. The reason for asking is because my pronouncing dictionary gives the /æ/ intermediate vowel for both

In phonics, people are brought to the attention that a set of words have the same vowel quality. In KK, this vowel quality is transcribed using IPA. If I am teaching kids, I dont want to burden them with IPA. Phonics consists of set of heuristics

According to WIKIANSWERS , it is: Any word with a final W, such as cow or few or tomorrow , uses the w as a vowel. I have never heard that "Cow" is vowel. The words which contain the pronunciation of vowel can be counted as

Using “a” and “an” Before Words Raphael asks: When should I use “a” and when should I use “an” before the different words? For example, should I say “a hour” or “an hour?” I stumble over this everytime and dont’t know if I’m getting it right, as

Hi Infinik If, as Ray has said, there are places/companies that actually pronounce "LED" the same way they pronounce the past form of "lead" (i.e. as "led"), then I would expect them to also say "a LED". I

Hi Infinik You use "an" before a vowel sound . So, if the pronunciation of LED is " e l - ee - dee", then you should use "an". - an LED display

I'm guessing here, but I think it is simply because pronouncing two consecutive vowel sounds is a bit of a tongue twister and disrupts the flow.

Hi there, I was wondering about the following matter: Why do we use the indef. art. a -> /ə/ before words that start with a consonant sound? And why do we use the indef. art. an -> /ən/ before words that start with a vowel sound? The

I also think some people pronounce those words that start with "be" (or also "re" or "de") with the vowel sound "ee" as in "bee". So some people might say "beloved" as

If the pronunciation of "LIP" is " e l-eye-pee", then you should use "an". The rule for using "an" is not based on spelling. It is based on pronunciation. If the initial sound is a vowel sound, then you use