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Hello, Arian Let's see if this makes sense. It's difficult when you don't have the right characters to use. Daniel Jones, in his "English Pronouncing Dictionaty", provides six different options for the pronunciation of "genre".
- Hello, Arian Let's see if this makes sense.
- It's difficult when you don't have the right characters to use.
- Daniel Jones, in his "English Pronouncing Dictionaty", provides six different options for the pronunciation of "genre".
- I'll give you the first, which is supposed to be one used most often.
- Also, there is a professor of literature in the state university in my city who pronounces the word in the way I'm going to show here (she is American).
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Hello, Arian 
Let's see if this makes sense. It's difficult when you don't have the right characters to use.
Daniel Jones,
Let's see if this makes sense. It's difficult when you don't have the right characters to use.
Daniel Jones,
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Or Miriam can record it on her computer and email it to me: webmaster@EnglishForward.com
Then I'll post it here.
Then I'll post it here.
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For any French speakers here...
like "jean" from "Jean-Luc" with an English "ruh" at the end. I know this is late and thus pointless for those who can get the mp3, but I thought I'd post anyway.
like "jean" from "Jean-Luc" with an English "ruh" at the end. I know this is late and thus pointless for those who can get the mp3, but I thought I'd post anyway.
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according to some smartass teacher of mine, genre is pronounced as "john-re".
personally, i don't know anyone who pronounces it that way, except the dudes on BBC.
personally, i don't know anyone who pronounces it that way, except the dudes on BBC.
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To complete the correct pronunciation:
Keep in mind that n French, the "r" is a very strong, but voiced pharyngeal sound.
Keep in mind that n French, the "r" is a very strong, but voiced pharyngeal sound.
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Guestaccording to some smartass teacher of mine, genre is pronounced as "john-re".Exactly. I've always heard it pronounced gener, like zhonner.
personally, i don't know anyone who pronounces it that way, except the dudes on BBC.
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Hi folks,
Last English lesson I had an argument with my teacher. He told me that there's only one way to correctly pronounce the word men. Nevertheless I heard several people who pronounce it differently from the majority (their men sounds more like the "men" in women with a sort of i-sound). Do you happen to know anything about that? Are there certain regions in the US where they
Last English lesson I had an argument with my teacher. He told me that there's only one way to correctly pronounce the word men. Nevertheless I heard several people who pronounce it differently from the majority (their men sounds more like the "men" in women with a sort of i-sound). Do you happen to know anything about that? Are there certain regions in the US where they
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