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Ah, I didn't know you used British English... Since you mentioned Merriam-Webster, I thought you wanted to use American English. No, I don't think so, and it's what I've tried to explain so far. Just because a certain symbol is used, doesn't mean it has to sound exactly the...

>> Now, said with a Southern French accent, it becomes and / / marks represent IPA or X-SAMPA transcription. I would pronounce "cote d'ivoire" as /kot divwA/.

>> whereas the General American pronunciation is /I'moudiKa:n/. d = flapped /t/<< Interesting. I would say it with a are allophones of the same vowel, and would not affect the meaning, so since you are using / / notation, you can't mark in the vowel length.

>> Isn't it interesting that certain forms of American pronunciation aare older than the British ones? E.g., the short 'a' sound in "glass" and "pass" that the Americans use was the sound used in British English, till they changed it for the preferred long 'AH' sound. << Yes, most...

Here's how I'd say the first sentence if I put on a British accent: I must go to see my brother's new house. represents. Same for "crop".

Englishuser wrote: Hi, Jaguar. In British English it is Jag-u-ar but I believe that in American English it is Jagwar Don't forget that there is a /j/-sound in there! /Jagwar/ is the most commonly heard pronunciation in the US, although the 'British' one is also used by some GAE speakers. A...

schewa or schwa sound? This is the definition about schwa sound in wikipedia: "Schwa is the most common vowel sound in English , the unstressed vowel in many unstressed syllables, like the 'a' in about or the 'o' in synonym . Many British English (BrE) dialects have two schwa sounds,...

Hi Bluealbatross, I live near Newcastle, and answered your similar question in the thread entitled: "Received pronunciation and mid Atlantic English" ...but I've pasted it here in case anyone wants to continue on this thread: I don't think I'd recommend learning the Newcastle accent...

I don't think I'd recommend learning the Newcastle accent if you want to learn a British regional accent. Its often reckoned to be one of the most difficult of accents to understand - not only for non British, but for many British themselves! There are both vowel and consonant sounds that are...