Yes, as I said above, this is to be expected where the vowel is followed by a fortis ("unvoiced") consonant ... to have (o), but it's the only word I can think of containing /@US/, unless we want to count "oshit!" For me

Can somebody tell me the correct pronunciation of "Los Angeles" ... short a is the correct one. (or are both used?) Short a is correct, and the final e is usually short as in "less" in Californian English. But the OP should

He already said that the current version supports mid-western=20 American (presumably Caught=3DCot), but that you can edit the=20 pronunciation table on which it is based. This, of course, would be=20 a major undertaking - particularly if you

Which do you think is better to learn? The one that doesn't require Flash. Other than that, it's up to you. There is no rigid number for the vowels in American English or any other dialect of any language. It all depends on where you draw

On 28 Aug 2004 08:35:31 -0700, R H Draney Jon Miller filted: * I assume Sara meant to write "pooberty" there. I've never had much occasion to use the word, but it would not have occurred to me to pronounce it any other way than

I quite understand why rhotic people would find the usual ... in the language where the combination "uh" represents this sound? It makes sense in an odd sort of way. The attempt is to represent /V/, which is probably the accented ...

I quite understand why rhotic people would find the usual ... in the language where the combination "uh" represents this sound? Good point, "uh" doesn't really appear in traditional English words, does it? Searching on in

I quite understand why rhotic people would find the usual ... in the language where the combination "uh" represents this sound? Good point, "uh" doesn't really appear in traditional English words, does it? Searching on in

(* Although spelled properly, the weirdest mispronunciation I'm aware of is Ibiza as "eye-beeth-uh", which is the worst of both worlds; even "eye-beezer" is better than that. Why pronounce the "z" a la española if

Not for AmE CINCs they don't. "Soft" is in the boss class. Short O. This cryptic response is just too terse. Are you denying that what Areff says is true? Or are you merely saying that for you both words have the same sound (and that