By Vowels, Consonants

Hi. On TV you may not hear the sounds, the tongue-play within the chamber of the mouth and the tiny air stops, etcetera that occur when people speak. You need to be face-to-face with your pronunciation coach.I can well see how you "hear" FAX for facts, because the sounds are about...

The word 'the' has the voiced /th/ sound. Before consonants the vowel has a schwa sound so 'the' sounds like thə, Before vowel sounds the vowel has an /iy/ sound like thē.

When you say that /w/ does not behave as a vowel you are in a sense correct. It does not behave like a "full" vowel in that it can never form the nucleus of a syllable. However, although it does not behave like a vowel it is formed liked a vowel. It is sometimes described as a...

Here's a conundrum for you:Latin as written in Roman times had no letter <w>, but it did have the sound /w/. The letter <u> was used to represent both the sound /u/ and the sound /w/.uolo (pronouced more or less as "wallow")cumuulpus (pronounced more or less as...

In American English the 's' in sides sounds like /z/ too.Here are the rules for pronouncing the final 's' in American English.1. ‘es’ is pronounced as /ez/ after these sibilant sounds/s/ businesses, buses /z/ freezes, causes /sh/ bushes,...

I am not sure I can say anything further without repeating myself.I think we should go back to the second post in this thread:That just about sums it up really.

The author above is correct.Here is a rule that might help you in the future:“s” is pronounced as /z/ after these voiced consonant sounds and all vowel sounds/b/ tabs /d/ cards/v/ loves/g/ hugs/th/ bathes/l/ girls/r/ cars/m/ moms/n/ ...

Let's take this a step at a time, Forbes... When looking at how a syllable is produced, one will never find an example in the English language of a syllable that is produced entirely by the LETTER W. It is for this reason (and the other one) that one cannot call the LETTER W a vowel. ...

It is unwise to rely on the etymology of a word to discern its meaning, or, if it has a range of meanings, to insist that the "original" meaning is somehow "more correct" . Words mean what they mean. In any discussion of the meaning of a word it is often instructive to look at...

I was wondering what is the rule for the spelling of words that contain double consonants?For example:Do I spell the word "recommended" with two Ms or just one? (I am aware that its one M, but why?).Most of the time you can sound out a word to figure out a repeated consonant or vowel or...