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Pronunciation of "to" as [tʃu:]
You'll hear [tʃu:]in inner-city Dublin - it would not be considered a good example of how to speak
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Why is "liquorice" pronounced (or spelt) so strangely?
It's possible that the pronunciation of the common noun liquorice was influenced by the plant's Latinized genus name Liquiritia, anglicized as /lɪkwɪɹɪʃə/ (and these days less often used than the ...
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What is the trend in pronouncing the word "strength"?
My apologies. I read the question too quickly, and did not notice the question was about the pronunciation of the "k". My previous answer was in regards to the "sh" sound in your ...
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Pronunciation of "to" as [tʃu:]
Since (many varieties of) Brazilian Portuguese palatalizes /t/ and /d/ before high front vowels /i/, (tia 'aunt' [tʃia], dia 'day' [dʒia]) and /u/ is a high back vowel, it's not uncommon for Brazilian ...
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Pronunciation of "to" as [tʃu:]
Funnily enough, while most dialects of English don't affricate the /t/ in "to", there are several that affricate the /t/ in "Tuesday". Why? Etymology: The "ue" was once ...
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