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I think "current" with the vowel as in "curly" is the most common pronunciation by far in the US. The other is the most common in the UK.

I agree with you. Where I am from we have /əʊ/ and LAW sounds to me as /ɔ/ though.From what I heard from Austrailians, they sound sort of like a mix of British accents. I don't know. Maybe it is me.

I'm afraid that in British English the rule *is* different. We do indeed tend to use hyphens after the prefix "non-" (which avoids the possibility of mispronouncing words such as "nonnative" ).As regards other prefixes, "pre-" and "co-" still sometimes...

Wow, you even studied linguistics... Well, /ɪ/ is the vowel in TIP, and /aɪ/ is the diphthong in TYPE. The symbol /i/ technically stands for a higher vowel, as in TEA, for example. That's IPA. SAMPA is another transcription method where only ASCII characters are used (so you can find them on...

There are some english loans to german language... So the pronunciation should be nyke (silent e) or nee-ka (German vowels)

Hi,I can't figure out how to pronounce this sound, I've read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-open_front_unrounded_vowel and http://www.soundsofenglish.org/pronunciation/a.html ,I have also heard lot of words on wiktionary and howjsay.com . I've been trying to say it, but I'm not able to do so. ...

Thanks Zerox. Just want to check if I understood it correctly.Are they devoiced /z/?1. absorbs, clouds, bags, levels, dims, unions, cheers, evolvesHowever, if the final "s" follow a vowel, I found from the dictionary that sometimes it is /z/ and sometimes it is /s/.These are indicated as /z/ in...

Anonymous wrote:How's is pronounced . Traditionally, the RP pronunciation has been /haʊsIz/, although I suppose some speakers equate the vowel sound with that of 'beat' (half-long) these days. I was trying to be brief and therefore didn't go into details. How's and house are different in that...

Hi Cool Breeze, How's is pronounced . Traditionally, the RP pronunciation has been /haʊsIz/, although I suppose some speakers equate the vowel sound with that of 'beat' (half-long) these days.

Thank you Grammar Geek for your compliment, I am glad to be here with you sharing and learning. In fact I have also meant what you said. If the pronunciation starts with a consonant sound then it takes "a", as in "university". Besides, as in "hour", the pronunciation starts with a vowel, and it...