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B.J Posted 16 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
1900
Hi,
How to pronounce 1900?
nineteen hounread? or other way?
How to pronounce 1900?
nineteen hounread? or other way?
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nine - teen - hun - dred CJ
- nine - teen - hun - dred CJ
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Note the phenomenon of metathesis you hear on streets:
hundred > hunderd > hunder /'h?n d?/
introduce > interduce
pretty > p? ty
Diachronic metathesis:
brid (Old English) > Bird
drit (Old English) > dirt
hundred > hunderd > hunder /'h?n d?/
introduce > interduce
pretty > p? ty
Diachronic metathesis:
brid (Old English) > Bird
drit (Old English) > dirt
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