From www.m-w.com syllable 1 : a unit of spoken language that is next bigger than a speech sound and consists of one or more vowel sounds alone or of a syllabic consonant alone or of either with one or more consonant sounds preceding

>> whereas the General American pronunciation is /I'moudiKa:n/. d = flapped /t/<< Interesting. I would say it with a rather than an alveolar flap. I think it's one of those words in which the /t/ is pronounced as spelt. Perhaps

Lesson 1: Basic Pronunciation The following will make you sound Southern to non-Southerners: Pin pen merger: Pronounce "pin" and "pen" both as pin . Any /E/ followed by an /n/ should be sounded as /In/ No yod dropping: therefore " No

And similarly, we would write "an" for expressions like "sending out an SOS", where 's' is a consonant, but the pronunciation 'ess' starts with a vowel sound.

I want to explain to my students the reasons behind the difference in pronouncing 'write' and 'written' is that 'written' has double Ts. How can I tell them about this? Whether it's written with 2 t's or 3 t's or no t's has absolutely nothing to

Jackson6612 wrote: Hi, Should we always take care for pronunciation of the that whether it being followed by consonant or vowel? How will we pronounce the in ''the university''? I think it will sound like duh . Sincerely, vijay

Hi, Should we always take care for pronunciation of the that whether it being followed by consonant or vowel? How will we pronounce the in ''the university''? I think it will sound like duh . Sincerely, vijay

>> hat, bat, bad, bag, ad, add << In some dialects ad, add and or bag would not work. If you're learning North American English, you could use the Inland North pronunciation of for all instances of /æ/. Many dialects pronounce

Hi, this is interesting, it reminds me of something I read in a book for improving pronunciation (the famous "American Accent Training"). The title of the paragraph is "Spoon or Sboon?" She (the author) say: "Say spoon. Now say sboon. Hear how

>> In my experience egg=ayg is a regional American pronunciation, chiefly rural or Southern, but it may be spreading to other regions. This pronunction is usually used by the same people who say measure=may-zhur. << The