accept, accessory, accentuate...
00 I don't know how to pronounce the first letter (the "a") in words like "accessory, accept, accentuate..." 02 br
00 Merriam-Webster pronounce them as the "i" in "did", my other dictionaries say it's a schwa instead ("a" as in "about"). 02 br
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00 accept / 01 font 00 ɪ 02 font 00 ksɛpt/ - / 01 font 00 ə 02 font 00 ksɛpt/ 02 br
00 accessory / 01 font 00 ɪ 02 font 00 ksɛsəri/ - / 01 font 00 ə 02 font 00 ksɛsəri/ 02 br
00 accentuate / 01 font 00 ɪ 02 font 00 ksɛntʃueit/ - / 01 font 00 ə 02 font 00 ksɛntʃəueit/ 02 br
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00 I always use the schwa, is that common? 02 br
00 By the way, I also tend to pronounce "accentuate" more like /əksɛn 01 font 00 tʃʊ 02 font 00 eit/ than /əksɛn 01 font 00 tʃəu 02 font 00 eit/. 02 br
00 Thanks in advance. 05 0 010id 1
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0 01 font 00 Hi, 02 br 02 br 00 This is for reference; my dictionary gives following pronunciation: 02 br 02 br 00 accept 01 i 00 / 01 b 00 ə 02 b 00 ksept/ 02 i 02 font 01 font 01 i 00 02 i 00 but its pronouncing tool pronounce like 01 i 00 / 02 i 01 b 00 i 02 b 00 ksept/ 02 br 00 accessory 01 i 00 / 01 b 00 æ 02 b 00 ksesəri/ 02 i 00 the same with this word, it sounds like 01 i 00 / 01 b 00 i 02 b 00 ksesəri/ 02 i 02 br 00 accentuate 01 i 00 / 01 b 00 æ 02 b 00 ksentʃueit/ 02 i 00 this one sounds like the pronuciation given, not / 02 font 01 font 01 b 01 i 00 ə 02 i 02 b 00 / nor / 01 b 00 i/ 02 b 02 font 02 br 01 font 02 br 02 br 02 font 00 0-
- 0 01 font 00 Hi, 02 br 02 br 00 This is for reference; my dictionary gives following pronunciation: 02 br 02 br 00 accept 01 i 00 / 01 b 00 ə 02 b 00 ksept/ 02 i 02 font 01 font 01 i 00 02 i 00 but its pronouncing tool pronounce like 01 i 00 / 02 i 01 b 00 i 02 b 00 ksept/ 02 br 00 accessory 01 i 00 / 01 b 00 æ 02 b 00 ksesəri/ 02 i 00 the same with this word, it sounds like 01 i 00 / 01 b 00 i 02 b 00 ksesəri/ 02 i 02 br 00 accentuate 01 i 00 / 01 b 00 æ 02 b 00 ksentʃueit/ 02 i 00 this one sounds like the pronuciation given, not / 02 font 01 font 01 b 01 i 00 ə 02 i 02 b 00 / nor / 01 b 00 i/ 02 b 02 font 02 br 01 font 02 br 02 br 02 font 00 0-
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00 This is for reference; my dictionary gives following pronunciation: 02 br
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00 accept 01 i 00 / 01 b 00 ə 02 b 00 ksept/ 02 i 02 font 01 font 01 i 00 02 i 00 but its pronouncing tool pronounce like 01 i
000 A sound partway between lax 01 b 00 a 02 b 00 and lax 01 b 00 e 02 b 00 also seems natural to me. Lax 01 b
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00 I just checked 01 u 00 all 02 u 00 the words that begin with 01 i 00 acc- 02 i 00 in my American Heritage Dictionary. 05 0 02 br
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00 All entries with unstressed initial 01 b 00 acc- 02 b 00 followed by 01 b 00 e 02 b 00 mark the 01 b 00 a 02 b 0
000 I checked in the American Heritage Dictionary, and they actually use "a" as in "cat", /æ/. 02 br
00 But... 02 br
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00 Oxford Advenced Learner's Dictionary: only schwa listed for both British and American E. 02 br
00 accept - /əksɛpt/ 02 br
00 accessory - /əksɛsəri/ 02 br
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00 Longman Diction
000 Merriam-Webster lists a lot of pronunciations. The first is with "i" as in "did", and they pronunce it that way. 12 blockquote10 Yes, they do pronounce it that way, and it sounds awful to my ear! Not as awful as a lax 01 b 00 u 02 b 00 would sound, however. I'll still go with lax 01 b 00 a 02 b 00 , thank
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