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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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/ˈædvəkət/ And /ˈædvəkɪt/
Regarding the pronunciation of a noun 'advocate'
could it be that both ædv?k?t and ædv?k?t are right?
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t are right? Yes. Before /t/ (and /d/, /n/, /s/, and /z/) either of those is possible, as is any sound between them.
- t are right?
- Yes.
- Before /t/ (and /d/, /n/, /s/, and /z/) either of those is possible, as is any sound between them.
- t/).
- /, and any other indistinct central vowel in that neighborhood, chiefly dependent on the following consonant.
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anonymousCould it be that both ædv?k?t and ædv?k?t are right?
Yes. Before /t/ (and /d/, /n/, /s/, and /z/) either of those is possible, as is any sound between them. In my variety of English in California we tend toward the second of those (/ædv?k?t/).
The schwa of unaccented syllables in English varies bet
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