By Vowels

Princeton, that T comes after a vowel, but it's just written, not pronounced. It doesn't come after a vowel sound. It's an S-sound. Prinstun. Provided it's pronounced that way... is it? Or is it Princuh-dun? I don't think so, but you never know, lol.

Are we supposed to prounounce T as D on a word that comes after a vowel and unstressed? So what about Princeton, people pronounce it as PrinceDon or PrinceTon inAmerican English? I heard some do the latter already but haven't found any for the former

Hi Mathew,Yes, as Mister Micawber says, native English-speakers instinctively know which pronunciation of 'the' to use before a noun (or an adjective + noun), but I can see that it may be a problem for some people learning the language.As you have yourself noted, we generally use the...

The grammer books say 'the' has 2 kinds of pronunciation.I always have a puzzle,when I read a sentence from to right,for example, The apple is red. I first see the word 'The',but I can't affirm its pronunciation.I have to look at the second word 'apple',then...

Hi. On TV you may not hear the sounds, the tongue-play within the chamber of the mouth and the tiny air stops, etcetera that occur when people speak. You need to be face-to-face with your pronunciation coach.I can well see how you "hear" FAX for facts, because the sounds are about...

The word 'the' has the voiced /th/ sound. Before consonants the vowel has a schwa sound so 'the' sounds like thə, Before vowel sounds the vowel has an /iy/ sound like thē.

I knew a family with the name 'Reichwein'. In German, of course, both would be pronounced with the vowel as in 'fine'. When asked how they pronounced it, they always answered, "Just like it looks: rich wine".

When you say that /w/ does not behave as a vowel you are in a sense correct. It does not behave like a "full" vowel in that it can never form the nucleus of a syllable. However, although it does not behave like a vowel it is formed liked a vowel. It is sometimes described as a...

I agree with Jim, and that's the way I pronounce "the". Thuh car, Thee eagle.However, I read somewhere that it's not always so, and something is changing. Do some people always say "thuh", even before vowel sounds? I have never heard something like that. I don't...

I agree with those who say there could be several definitions. Considering letters. Vowels: A E I O U (so W is not included here)Considering sounds. Vowel sounds: all those in the IPA vowel chart. (so W is not included here either. "The" is pronounced "thee" and the article...