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CAO Posted 23 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

How americans pronounce the word "women"?

It seems that women read as [wimin] in British English; but an american does't say the word that way. Am I right?
  

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From my experience - they say it exactly the same way as British people do. (I'm British BTW)

— CraigF

  • From my experience - they say it exactly the same way as British people do.
  • (I'm British BTW)
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From my experience - they say it exactly the same way as British people do. (I'm British BTW)
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Some Women = Sum Wimin
A Woman = Ah Wughmin

I have a Standard American accent. It's the same in England.
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They pronounce it like this:wumen
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Being an American, I have only heard women pronounced wimin, as the Brits do. I am from the upper midwest of the U.S.A.
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No, that is incorrect. Americans say "Wimin" as well. I am an american and everybody I have ever heard speak says "wimin." If they pronounced it differently, I would give them a number of strange looks.
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Hi CAO,

You asked:
It seems that women read as [wimin] in British English; but an american does't say the word that way. Am I right?
The standard/general American pronunciation is /'wImIn/, just as in British English RP.

Englishuser
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It is the same for Americans.
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I am American, by the way. (of the above comment)
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