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Jackson6612 Posted 15 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Cohen, Cohan

Hi

"Cohen" is pronounced 'co-en'. How do you say "Cohan"? One website says 'coin'. Please let me know. Thanks.
  

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Coin is a monosyllabic word, but Cohen got two syllables. /h/ gets elided when the syllable is not stressed: Cohen, Graham, Birmingham (BrE), vehicle (cf. vehicular).

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  • Coin is a monosyllabic word, but Cohen got two syllables.
  • /h/ gets elided when the syllable is not stressed: Cohen, Graham, Birmingham (BrE), vehicle (cf.
  • vehicular).
  • com, Kenyon and Knott's Pronunciation dictionary for AmE.
  • For BrE, you got dictionaries by Daniel Jones, JC Wells, etc.
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Coin is a monosyllabic word, but Cohen got two syllables. /h/ gets elided when the syllable is not stressed: Cohen, Graham, Birmingham (BrE), vehicle (cf. vehicular).

Don't trust all websites out there: use dictionary.reference.com, m-w.com, Kenyon and Knott's Pronunciation dictionary for AmE. For BrE, you got dictionaries by Daniel Jones, JC Wells, etc.

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