By Vowels, Pronunciation

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.

I agree with Jim, and that's the way I pronounce "the". Thuh car, Thee eagle.However, I read somewhere that it's not always so, and something is changing. Do some people always say "thuh", even before vowel sounds? I have never heard something like that. I don't...

I agree with those who say there could be several definitions. Considering letters. Vowels: A E I O U (so W is not included here)Considering sounds. Vowel sounds: all those in the IPA vowel chart. (so W is not included here either. "The" is pronounced "thee" and the article...

how do you pronounce all vowel in English with sounded, because I need this pronunciation for my test of phoneticthank you very much.bye bye

My students always have questions about this pronunciation feature. I know of four patterns that might help you predict where to pronounce 't' as a soft /d/.1. when a ‘t’ is between vowels when the preceding vowel is stressed in words such as: city, party, forty, water2. when a ‘t’ comes...

t is not pronounced d after an s or a c and in many other situations. A vowel, including r-colored vowels, must precede and a vowel must follow, and the stress must be in the syllable before the t. See How to pronounce a 't' in American English and following posts for more details than...

The T will often become a D after an R or between vowels, which are voiced, although not if it comes at the end of the word. Congradulations. Petals (on flowers) will sound like pedals (on a bicycle). Mister - the T comes after an unvoiced S. (You also left out the S in your suggested...

I have checked all the major dictionaries for the pronunciation of auntie. You cannot skip the t sound in it. Well, you can stick to your personal pronunciation if you like.Barbara, what do you mean by you mean the vowels as the same?And you said ''You wouldn't skip the T in...

Heh, I know in the UK there are lots of interesting accents. Some people drop this, skip that, shift vowels here, put glottal stops there... Different accent in different places, different social groups, different age groups... It's so in the US too, and in other countries too, I guess....