I think I hear 'Sunday' there.You must ...on Sunday.(maybe) Hmm, it might be "Sunday", yes. Here comes a BIG problem that I've been wondering about for ages... And I'd like to find out more on this phenomenon soon.The

- the "l" in "lee" is a clear L : we find it before vowels and /j/. - the "l" in "bell" is a dark one : we find it in all other cases (end of word, before a consonant). However, it is said that in American

r after any vowel has a special place in english. oor usually end up as ʊɚ, ɔɚ, oʊɚ poor: pʊɚ moore: mʊ ɚ , mɔ ɚ , moʊ ɚ floor: fl ɔ ɚ , floʊ ɚ door: d ɔ ɚ d oʊ ɚ oo before any but r: boom: bum doom: dum hood: h ʊd good: gʊd wood:

The vowel in the English "family" is formed with the back of the tongue very high in the mouth (look in a mirror). The Spanish "a" is like the English in "Say 'AHHHH.'" The location of the tongue in the

Sue aside. The exact quality of some unstressed vowels is not very important in English, because it varies from accent to accent and from situation to situation. In all such cases, like stay-shun vs stay-shin or Duh-sember vs Dih-sember, just say

The only word that I know of (American Heritage Dictionary now recognizes it) without a written vowel is "nth". Don't forget, Anon, that y sometimes serves as a vowel, not just a demi-vowel.

This has already been asked somewhere. There are no English words in use that have no vowel sounds. i think you will find there is eg, shy What sound do you associate with the "y" in "shy"? For

This has already been asked somewhere. There are no English words in use that have no vowel sounds. i think you will find there is eg, shy

Very interesting. Phonemes helped me a lot, but if I had known the expression "un" I might have understood correctly. From Longman: (BrE spoken) a short form of 'one', used to say that someone or something is good, bad etc. As

What is the longest word without a vowel? Come again??? http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongestWordWithoutVowels/bbjkk/post.htm http://www.englishforums.com/English/6LetterWordWithNoVowels/jmjhk/post.htm