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Thanks for the info. /r/ follows the schwa in teacher in most American accents, but not in RP, which I tend to stick to for transcriptions. Do you have an American dictionary? Phonemic and phonetic are close, but not the same thing. Phonemic script consists of the (roughly) 44 different sounds...

Hmm, I see. When you said "reduction that are much less schwa like", you reminded me that... I noticed that all reduced sounds are not reduced to a fixed and definite sound, but they can take infinite kinds of schwas (schwas that tend e as in in bed, or that tend to i like in bid, or tend to u...

8. Why do you say “She is a one-eyed teacher” and not “ She’s an one eyed teacher”? (Focus on a phonetic explanation) The article an is used before vowel sounds, not vowel letters. The word one is pronounced wun . The w is not a vowel sound even though the o in o-n-e is a vowel. So a must be...

Nestor_fes wrote: 8. Why do you say “She is a one-eyed teacher” and not “ She’s an one eyed teacher”? (Focus on a phonetic explanation). Although 'one' begins with a vowel, it is pronounced with the sound of a consonant - 'w'. 9. Miss Justine Fair listened to the two Chilean...

Hello!! well.. this is my 1st time here, I had no idea that there were forums like this forum! So I joined and I have some questions.. I need them for my assignment! 8. Why do you say “She is a one-eyed teacher” and not “ She’s an one eyed teacher”? (Focus on a phonetic explanation) ...

I'm British and have no local accent but a well-spoken general accent. My pronunciation for both the phonetic symbols is the same except as couchpotato pointed out - the duration of the ir is longer than the er . That seems to be the only universal difference between them. The only other...

Have to disagree with the vowel sound you use in B IR D is a long vowel. The long vowel "i" sound is the "i"sound in "find," "mine," "grind," "like," "tribe." The difference between the ir and er is, indeed, the accent. Probably has roots to British pronunciation (e.g., Director = British...