The "l" of "bell" when it ends a word is kind of a "half l" when compared to the initial "l" in "love" which allows the "l" voicing to be completed by going to a vowel. Yet the

So in Webster words talk, caught and bought are written as ˈtȯk, ˈkȯt, ˈbȯt but I also read in some textbooks on General American English accent that those words are also pronounced as ˈtäk ˈkät ˈbät. So I don't know what pronunciation is

I browsed lots of questions and answers here but I didn't find an answer to my question... How are these words 'talk', 'caught', 'bought' pronounced in General American English? Do you say long 'o' like it is in

I don't use that website either because it seems to pronounce words with an annoying posh accent, and there are no phonetic transcriptions. I just need the transcription because I already have my way of pronouncing each phoneme, so I usually

KK is based on the A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English, which was written by John S. Kenyon & Thomas A. Knotts. So, KK stands for the last names of both of the people who wrote this dictionary. As for IPA and KK, there are only a few

Of course both those books have CD's. Without CD's those books would be worthless... Both books are especially about intonation, linking words, reduced sounds and something about pronunciation you can hardly find in books on American

I'm not aware of any differences in initial T in East Coast pronunciation compared with other varieties of American English. It should be an aspirated T, not reduced T or D. Perhaps you heard an unaspirated T. I'm puzzled about what else

Remember also that native English speakers' pronunciation varies depending on which part of the world they are from and which social group they belong to. yes, indeed. Dictionary.com has both "standard" British and American English

Hey, haven't been on here for a while now ... but this forum is great!! What's the prefered pronunciation of "Courage" and "Current" in American English? I suppose the first one suggested by answers.com with the û-sound, rather than the

A good example is a multi-syllable word where the American English pronunciation has a different stress pattern than British English. If you click on the sound icons, you will hear the differences. LINK Mr M is correct that primary / secondary