By Pronunciation, American English

Hi All I am looking for a British English Pronunciation Software , just like We have Talk Any for American English. Its pretty urgent as I require it at my workplace. I hope to see your response on the forum soon.

>> And, replacing /r\/ with /I/, no contrast between /e/ and /E/ before /I/, as in 'play'??? << No, I simply meant that the "ay" in play is pronounced many different ways in dialects/idiolects of North American English. Kooyeen said that he pronounced it as , so it doesn't...

Hi all, Would you tell me what are the differences btween the pairs /ɛ/ and /e/, /ɛr/ and /er/ in American English (how to pronounce them)? This question is arised from one of my threats I post in this forum where I tried to recognize the pronunciation of clarity in American English. Thanks a...

>> And, replacing /r\/ with /I/, no contrast between /e/ and /E/ before /I/, as in 'play'??? << No, I simply meant that the "ay" in play is pronounced many different ways in dialects/idiolects of North American English. Kooyeen said that he pronounced it as as well, depending on...

>> PLAY - I always say /plei/, but here you can hear /plɛi/ > BEAR - I always say /ber/, but here you can hear /bɛr/ << According to Wikipedia, before /r\/, in American English " however--but that affects all my /E/'s.

most speakers of General American English, use a vowel closer to Why shouldn't a student use the pronunciation given in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary? (#3). CJ

Kooyeen, there is something that you should know. While it is true that North American English has tense-lax neutralization before /r\/, thus , so why did you decided to switch to #3 instead of #3? Btw, since you do have a Western accent, and many Westerners have the CVS, and those that don't...

Jim wrote:Didn't you ask the same question, more or less, about character? The same idea applies to both.LOL, why do you think it's always me who asks questions here? It was Osee that asked, but you are right, I once asked about the same thing, "character" to be precise. I now say...

As shown below, the first pronunciation for juvenile should be popular in US. But the pronunciation for the l in it is very strange to me. Any comments about this? Are there other similar cases in American English? Thanks a lot.

Hi Lisa, I do not know what part of speech I am referring to, but lately I have heard alot of people saying, "I got that" instead of "I have gotten that" or "I have got that thing." Is adding "ten" to the end of a word still in popular or proper usage in English? I hear people use it without...