By Phonetics, Dialects

Hi,the American Pronunciation you found is ok, and Merriam-Webster is the best (in my opinion) to check American pronunciations. The thing is you have to learn how to read phonetic transcriptions in the dictionaries you use, because often every dictionary uses its own conventions. Also,...

CalifJim wrote:Rhyming friend to stand sounds peculiar to me, and somewhat Texan, perhaps. It's definitely not standard. Thanks.Well, I'm not an expert on accents... but did you listen to the audio clip? Would you say pronouncing "again" that way sounds southern? I think I've heard that...

CalifJim wrote: ...... Is that what you meant?...... Yes, that's exactly what I meant. And your confirmation and explanation are very helpful. Thanks a million, as usual! Kooyeen wrote: Are you asking why some words are pronounced in a certain way? If so, then the answer is simple:...

Ok this is my task, but i wana from u to organise and paraphrase it, please?? Really i will not forget ur help thanks alo0o0o0ot Historical linguistic: History and Development Modern historical linguistics dates from the late 18th century and grew out of the earlier discipline of...

Well, for one thing, the process that changes "nuclear" to /nuk@lr=/ is that same one that changed "brid" to "bird", so with that logic, it is a mispronunciation say "bird", because the "correct" pronunciation is "brid". Remeber, phonetics *describes* how words are said, it does not "prescribe"...

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"...

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".

Oh ok. By the way Richard, you weren't using IPA either though. Check your diphthong on the word "haus": to be consistent in the system you were using it should be "haUs", which would be , but that may just be my dialect.

Some things to keep in mind:? = glottal stop@ = əI don't know what your dialect sounds like, but I can tell you how mine differs from others:-Notice that I use lots of glottal stops (the ?). If your dialect pronounces them as "t's", then replace all the ?'s with in most other dialects--but then...