British English: How to pronounce 'Schedule'

0 The correct British English way is she-jul but you'll find a lot of British people use the American pronounication of ske-jul. 0-

0From the 01i00Compact Oxford Dictionary02i00:02br
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00 /01b00shed02b00yool/, 01b00/sked02b00-yool/0-

0 Thanks for that... but can you refer me to some reliable reference that would confirm for me that ske-jul is actually American?02br
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00I've always been under the impression that both are British.02br
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00Thanks0-

0From the Mirriam-Webster dictionary (American)02br
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00Main Entry: 01b01sup^{00102sup}00sched·ule02b00 05002br
00Pronunciation: 00'ske-(")jül, -j&l, 01i00Canad also02i00 'she-, 01i00Britain usually02i00 'she-(")dyül030srchttp://www.m-w.com/images/audio.gifw16

0 Thanks much appreciated!0-

ITS ES-KE-JUL WHEN YOU WANT TO MAKE A TIMETABLE OR AN APPOINTMENT BUT ONCE YOU HAVE MADE THAT TIMETABLE THEN ITS CALLED SHE-DULE

Adding a vowel before s is arabic thing. It is also commong among urdu speakers.

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nona the britThe correct British English way is she-jul but you'll find a lot of British people use the American pronounication of ske-jul.

Just another example of the superiority of the British "shool" system!

and spanish (because of the arabic origins)

Anonymousand spanish (because of the arabic origins)

Spanish has Arabic borrowings, but Arabic cannot be considered to be the origins of Spanish! That initial vowel before a consonant cluster beginning with "s" is a feature of some importance in the development of the Romance languages as well.

CJ