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Ea.cool Posted 18 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

How do you pronounce Jason Statham?

Does anyone know the British pronunciation of Jason's surname?

Is it "stuh-thum" like what most American trailers would say, or "stay-thumb" like what most people say?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

The first part is pronounced as /stei/ and last part is pronounced as the weak form of 'them'. The 'th'-part might change a bit, that is, it may be pronounced with a fortis dental fricative, as in 'THink' or as its counterpart, with a lenis dental fricative, as in 'THe'. Hope you got it, I know it would have been easier to post the pronunciation with a straightforward phonemic transcription; however, I have never managed to post them so that other people would see them too.

— Zerox

  • The first part is pronounced as /stei/ and last part is pronounced as the weak form of 'them'.
  • The 'th'-part might change a bit, that is, it may be pronounced with a fortis dental fricative, as in 'THink' or as its counterpart, with a lenis dental fricative, as in 'THe'.
  • Hope you got it, I know it would have been easier to post the pronunciation with a straightforward phonemic transcription; however, I have never managed to post them so that other people would see them too.
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The first part is pronounced as /stei/ and last part is pronounced as the weak form of 'them'. The 'th'-part might change a bit, that is, it may be pronounced with a fortis dental fricative, as in 'THink' or as its counterpart, with a lenis dental fricative, as in 'THe'.

Hope you got it, I know it would have been easier to post the pronunciation with a straightforward phonemic transcript
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ZeroxHope you got it, I know it would have been easier to post the pronunciation with a straightforward phonemic transcription; however, I have never managed to post them so that other people would see them too.
Hi Zerox,

You can copy and paste them from other webpages, e.g.
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Pter
ZeroxHope you got it, I know it would have been easier to post the pronunciation with a straightforward phonemic transcription; however, I have never managed to post them so that other people would see them too.
Hi Zerox,

You can copy and paste them from other webpages, e.g.
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One thing though, that "ei" from 'stei", does that sound like "ey"?

If it does, then that makes statham sound like this "steythum", right?
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Ah, i get it. Thanks a lot Zerox.
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Zerox
PterHi Zerox,

You can copy and paste them from other webpages, e.g.
http://www.linguiste.org/phonetics/ipa/chart/

pb td kg m n ? r fv ?ð sz ?? l
i ? ? e ? ? ? ? æ a ?
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Stay thumb , being a Statham myself I can say that is what most of us Stathams prefer
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In an interview Jason Statham said his last name was pronounced Stay-tham.
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