Tagged Questions
0
votes
1answer
274 views
How does one pronounce /oʊ/ in /oʊvərˈsiz/ in American English?
Today when I checked the Oxford American Dictionary for the pronunciation of overseas, I got this in IPA: /oʊvərˈsiz/.
According to my understanding, the /ʊ/ phoneme is pronounced o or something like ...
3
votes
4answers
15k views
How Many Diphthongs Are There In English?
I was talking to a person who said that there were only two. I think she said that the "ou" in house is one of the two.
I told her that the way the letter "i" is pronounced is a diphthong, and she ...
2
votes
3answers
837 views
Pronunciation of letter y: asylum vs syrup
I want someone to clarify if there is a rule about how to pronounce the letter Y
I've read in another stackexchange post that when it is in a Greek-origin word it is pronounced as uh e.g. analysis, ...
3
votes
3answers
2k views
How Do You Pronounce “Tuesday”?
My friends have a variety of ways of pronouncing "Tuesday":
Tooos-day
Tyu-sday
Choose-day
Which one is considered correct?
6
votes
2answers
380 views
Why is “eye” pronounced so strangely?
This is either a spelling or a pronunciation anomaly; I'm not sure which. Why is "eye" pronounced as the letter "I"?
6
votes
2answers
248 views
Whence came the different varieties of long /i/?
What is the origin of “long long /i/” before voiced consonants (the [ai] of wide, while, & tribe) versus “short long /i/” before unvoiced consonants (the [ʌi] of white, wife, & ...
9
votes
4answers
1k views
How can I practice pronouncing “Coke” so it is not mistaken for another word?
I always fear my conversation sounds like this:
— What would you like to drink, sir?
— I will take some cock, thanks.
— ROFL.
Any tips on how to pronounce Coke so it is not mistaken for ...
