British Pronunciation of "Attitude"

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According to learners dictionaries (Cobuild, Oxford, Macmillan, Longman which are based on British English), The correct pronunciation of "attitude" is "æt?tju?d." I'm not sure of if it was my imagination, but a British English speaker (an actor) pronounced it "æt?tju?d", not "æt?tju?d." Would you be kind enough to tell me whether "æt?tju?d" is also correct, excellent pronunciation in British English?

MountainHiker · Accepted Answer

You can go to the Cambridge Dictionary to get the phonetic sounds:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/attitude

attitude
noun
uk ? /'æt.?.t?u?d/ us ? /'æt?.?.tu?d/

And you can press the speaker button to hear the sound.

I note that none of your pronunciations matches that of Cambridge's. I am not sure whether you had difficulty reproducting the symbols or simply have a different pronunciation.

I am not a British speaker, so I can't tell you whether alternative pronunciations are correct.

Addendum: As I looked further down the page in the dictionary, I see another pronunciation. This seems to match your pronunciation. I hope this helps.

Attitude in Business English
attitude noun [ C or U ]
uk ? /'æt?tju?d/ us ?

BillJ · Answer

This is dictionary stuff. Here's a link to the Oxford:

https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/attitude

Blue Jay · Answer

You can hear speakers from the UK and US pronounce attitude here.

British Pronunciation of "Attitude"

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