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Differing pronunciations in money and convey
Hello,
This my first post to this group.
I was asked a question by a friend of mine: Why is the -ey in money pronounced differently than the -ey in convey? long e versus a long a
sound..
I told her I thought it based on the respective etymologies of the words, but she is wondering if there is any kind of a rule as to when one would use one over the other.
I don't personally think such a rule exists, but does anyone know the answer definitively?
Thanks,
dave
This my first post to this group.
I was asked a question by a friend of mine: Why is the -ey in money pronounced differently than the -ey in convey? long e versus a long a
sound..
I told her I thought it based on the respective etymologies of the words, but she is wondering if there is any kind of a rule as to when one would use one over the other.
I don't personally think such a rule exists, but does anyone know the answer definitively?
Thanks,
dave
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(Email Removed) schrieb: [nq:1]Hello, This my first post to this group. I was asked a question by a friend of mine: Why is ... use one over the other.
- (Email Removed) schrieb: [nq:1]Hello, This my first post to this group.
- I was asked a question by a friend of mine: Why is ...
- use one over the other.
- [/nq] As you say, the pronunciation is based to a large extent on the etymology - there is no rule for the pronunciation of letter combinations in English.
- The "-ey" in "key" has another pronunciation and when you include names like "Feynman" you have yet another pronunciation of that combination.
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(Email Removed) schrieb:
[nq:1]Hello, This my first post to this group. I was asked a question by a friend of mine: Why is ... use one over the other. I don't personally think such a rule exists, but does anyone know the answer definitively?[/nq]
As you say, the pronunciation is based to a large extent on the etymology - there is no rule for the pronunciation of letter combinations in Engl
[nq:1]Hello, This my first post to this group. I was asked a question by a friend of mine: Why is ... use one over the other. I don't personally think such a rule exists, but does anyone know the answer definitively?[/nq]
As you say, the pronunciation is based to a large extent on the etymology - there is no rule for the pronunciation of letter combinations in Engl
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