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Ruttonjee Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

evening

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00I want to ask about the word, evening. The second 'e' in this word is silent. Is this 'e' is a glottal stop?02br
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0No it isn't. The word is pronounced eve - ning. No glottal stop in the middle.

— Nona the brit

  • 0No it isn't.
  • The word is pronounced eve - ning.
  • No glottal stop in the middle.
  • 02br 02br 00A glottal stop is a sound made right at the back of the mouth/top of the throat.
  • A sort of grunting noise.
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0No it isn't. The word is pronounced eve - ning. No glottal stop in the middle. You can't pronounce an 'e' as a glottal stop, only some 't's and occasionally some 'k' sounds.02br
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00A glottal stop is a sound made right at the back of the mouth/top of the throat. A sort of grunting noise. You really need to hear one to start to understand it as you've been asking lots of q
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0The second "e" is pronounced as a schwa in Scots [ iv@nIn ] , as well as in Middle English. I'm pretty sure most modern dialects of English have gotten rid of it though. I pronounce it [ ivnin ] .0-
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0 I say "eve-ning" but heard it pronounced even-ing when someone says "gud'even-ing" 0-
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0 Can it be transcribed as "eev ning"? 0-
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01cite10M. Caliban12cite10I say "eve-ning" but heard it pronounced even-ing when someone says "gud'even-ing" 12blockquote
10Who was this someone? Count Dracula?01blockquote
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10Can it be transcribed as "eev ning"?12blockquote
10I'd say that's a fairly accurate fauxne
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