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Clee62 Posted 14 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

do they make the same sound as the English alphabets?

Hi,

Today I came across some of words and I was told that they have the same sounds as some of the English alphabets. But when I say the English alphabets, I feel the basic sound is the same but the tone or intonation is different. Am I right? For example, a bee doesn't sound exactly like the alphabet "b", is it? And does "sea" sounds like the letter C? and "eye" sounds like the letter I? I just feel they are the same but the way we say it is different? Sea sounds more elongated then saying the letter C? Is it just me?

thanks?
  

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With no context to affect them, the pronunciation is precisely the same in isolation: B, bee C, sea J, jay P, pea Q, queue T, tea

— Mister Micawber

  • With no context to affect them, the pronunciation is precisely the same in isolation: B, bee C, sea J, jay P, pea Q, queue T, tea
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With no context to affect them, the pronunciation is precisely the same in isolation:

B, bee
C, sea
J, jay
P, pea
Q, queue
T, tea
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Hi,

thanks for your input. I am trying to learn how to read storybooks to people but i am not sure the exact rules on where to stress or the intonation of the sentence. For example, a sentence like this," But most of all he loved to walk and dance on a rope he tied between two trees." Do we stress "he" and "dance" and "trees"?

Thanks
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It often depends on surrounding context, but:

But MOST of all he loved to WALK and DANCE on a ROPE he tied between two TREES.
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