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Re: Syllabic Consonant ???

James- I think the differences all could be accounted for by dialect. In American English, I have been taught that the only syllabic consonants are l and n, but not m. all of the words above such as london and gordon could be pronounced with a syllabic consonant. The determinant for any sc is...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Anonymous 41 days ago Accents Dialects American English Consonants
Re: fair-haired

Yes, there are regional variations in American English. Do you know which accent is chosen by MW as the reference in the pronunciation keys. Is it General American?My problem is that, as I have mentioned before, they are indeed denoted differently in British English. The first one is a simple...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Pter 51 days ago Vowels Accents Consonants American English Pronunciation British English Spelling Diphthongs
Re: fair-haired

Thanks again for your patience in explaining that to me. I think I know what you are talking about. This also happens for the length of vowels before voiceless consonants vs voiced consonants, e.g. bat vs bad. Yes, you are right, the vowel quality is often affected by the following...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Pter 52 days ago Vowels Consonants American English British English
Re: Consonant cluster reduction

No.But in African American English sometimes, or often, there are similar reduction, for example TEST ---> TESS ... HAND ---> HANWhat you are hearing is probably the fact that consonants are not fully pronounced in some cases. For example the C in FACT is not pronounced like the C in COP....

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 142 days ago Consonants American English
Consonant cluster reduction

I've noticed that in some TV programs some final consonant clusters are reduced. Here are a few examples that I've noticed:facts -> faxgifts -> gifs tests -> tesstasks -> tass asked -> ass-tkicked -> kit Is it acceptable to make these kind of reductions in American English?

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Learner100 142 days ago Consonants American English
Re: British vs American English in their accent

It's a symbol for phonetic transcriptions and it represent a sound, not a letter. It's not a matter of pronouncing it differently, but a matter of using it or not. Americans use that sound in "bath" for example, but some people in the UK don't. So Americans say /bæθ/, and...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 144 days ago Consonants American English Phonetics British people
Re: Petal and Pedal - Difference?

Is was wondering if there is any difference between 'better' and 'bed or...' in American English. At least previously I thought that the vowel preceding the letter 'd' is longer in 'bed or', since it is followed by a voiced consonant in any English dialect. After these replies to the original...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Learner100 152 days ago Vowels Difference between Consonants American English Dialects
Re: Can anyone give me the phonetic guide for American English

Hi David,here you can find some stuff about American English. Vowels, consonants, lots of stuff...http://evaeaston.com/pr/home.htmlOn that website there's also a link to this page, where the states are pronounced.http://evaeaston.com/pr/states.htmlIf you need to know how to pronounce a word in...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 225 days ago Vowels Accents Accent Training American accents Consonants American English Pronunciation Phonetics
Unreleased final consonants

Hi,I read Nona's new post earlier, but... where is it now? I can't see it anymore. It was a post with a link to a website where you could listen to IPA sounds (for British English).Well, I heard a lot of words pronounced with a clear consonant sound at the end. I thought of posting this:What are...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 354 days ago Vowels Intonations Accents Difference between Consonants American English British English Glottals

Re: Question about how to pronounce Europe

I'd say that there is a slight difference between the US and UK pronunciation of the word. The first syllable of Europe in British English is generally pronounced with the diphthong // while in American English it is simply with the vowel //. The diphthong // is a characteristic of British...

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