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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

In British English, what you said are two different vowels and are in fact denoted differently in IPA. The extended ones are diphthongs.bet / bet /bear / ber / bee / bi: / beer / bir / (The non-rhotic "r" cannot be shown accurately.) I wonder my understanding of IPA for British English...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Pter 53 days ago Vowels American English British English Diphthongs

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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Orpheus 358 days ago

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Re: Canadians and their English

General Canadian English is extremely similar to General American English. However, there are a number of differences between the two dialects. Firstly, GCE (General Canadian English) exhibits a linguistic phenomenon called Canadian Raising. Basically, the diphthong “ai”--as in "by" or "lie"--is...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Anonymous 1 yr 82 days ago Universities Vowels Difference between Dialects Idioms Articles Numbers Diphthongs American English Definite articles Consonants
Re: pronunciation

/mAr\oU/ doesn't make sense Well, see, she only speaks English not Italian, so when she sees the word Mauro, in English, "au" is often pronounced as /A/* for example: audience, auction, she assumes that "Mauro" should have the /A/ vowel. The "r" of course is pronounced as a retroflex "r" of...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Marvin A. 1 yr 106 days ago Vowels American English Dialects Diphthongs
Re: American Eng. features in the UK

Anonymous wrote: The American pronunciation of “o” in your next example wouldn’t be found in any regional accent of British English that I can call to mind immediately, though there is considerable variation in the pronunciation of this sound – for example, in Scotland, Liverpool and the West...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 1 yr 171 days ago Vowels Accents American accents American English Pronunciation British English British accent Diphthongs
Re: American Eng. features in the UK

It’s rather hard to work out quite what you are looking for here. Some of these features – as Marvin A was pointing out – are not specifically American English pronunciation, but the allophonic variation that occurs in connected speech. That is, the pronunciation of some sounds is influenced...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Anonymous 1 yr 174 days ago Vowels Accents American accents American English Pronunciation British English Phonics Diphthongs
Re: American Eng. features in the UK

Marvin A. wrote:>> z sound + y = s as in pleasure (for example, the s in "as you know" sounds like the s in pleasure) <<>> s + y = sh (this year ----> this sheer) <<These two are actually not found in General American, especially the first one.>> American "o"...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 1 yr 174 days ago American English Dialects Phonetics Diphthongs
Re: American Eng. features in the UK

>> z sound + y = s as in pleasure (for example, the s in "as you know" sounds like the s in pleasure) <<>> s + y = sh (this year ----> this sheer) <<These two are actually not found in General American, especially the first one.>> American "o" (not, god, cop,...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Marvin A. 1 yr 176 days ago American English Dialects Diphthongs
American Eng. features in the UK

Hi,I'd like to know if somewhere in the UK there are some features that can be found in American English. I'll try to describe some of the features I'm curious about, I hope you'll understand what I mean, because I won't use phonetic symbols and so my transcriptions won't be accurate. However, I...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 1 yr 176 days ago Vowels American English Phonetics Diphthongs