Timeline for Pronunciation of prefixes or letters like "acc-" , "ent-", "tri-" in various words like accent, enter, trivial? [closed]
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| Jul 27, 2016 at 13:31 | history | closed |
herisson user140086 MetaEd Phil Sweet tchrist♦ |
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| Jul 20, 2016 at 8:46 | vote | accept | Doe McBond | ||
| Jul 19, 2016 at 21:45 | comment | added | Doe McBond | Thank you for the comment, especially the article on the ion shortening was eye-opener. | |
| Jul 19, 2016 at 21:04 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 19, 2016 at 20:44 | comment | added | herisson | There is not one rule; there are many applicable rules. The "a" in "acceleration" and the "e" in "entangle" are pronounced as /ə/ or /ɪ/ due to vowel reduction before stressed syllables. (I wrote an answer about a similar example here). The stressed "i" in "trivial" is pronounced as /ɪ/ due to a general tendency called "ion shortening." | |
| Jul 19, 2016 at 20:32 | answer | added | user31341 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 19, 2016 at 20:26 | history | asked | Doe McBond | CC BY-SA 3.0 |