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how do you pronunce lalary; postprandial and crake?
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As for "lalary", I don't know this word, and it isn't in the dictionaries I've consulted. Are you sure that the spelling is right? "Postprandial" is pronounced [,pëust'prändi-ël] (the stress is on the first "a", but there's also a secondary [i.
- As for "lalary", I don't know this word, and it isn't in the dictionaries I've consulted.
- Are you sure that the spelling is right?
- "Postprandial" is pronounced [,pëust'prändi-ël] (the stress is on the first "a", but there's also a secondary [i.
- , less strong] stress on the first syllable; -ëu-: as in "go" [gëu]; -ä-: as the "a" in "cat" [kät]; -ë-: as in "common" ['komën]).
- "Crake" is an easy word to pronounce: [kreik]: it rhymes with "lake" [leik], "shake" [sheik], etc.
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As for "lalary", I don't know this word, and it isn't in the dictionaries I've consulted. Are you sure that the spelling is right?
"Postprandial" is pronounced [,pëust'prändi-ël] (the stress is on the first "a", but there's also a secondary [i. e., less strong] stress on the first syllable; -ëu-: as in "go" [gëu]; -ä-: as the "a" in "cat" [kät]; -ë-: as in "common" ['komën]).
"Postprandial" is pronounced [,pëust'prändi-ël] (the stress is on the first "a", but there's also a secondary [i. e., less strong] stress on the first syllable; -ëu-: as in "go" [gëu]; -ä-: as the "a" in "cat" [kät]; -ë-: as in "common" ['komën]).
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