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Hjyguy Posted 18 years ago
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How do you pronounce "L.A." as in Los Angeles?

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00 In Amer. English, when you say "L.A", for Los Angeles, do you pronounce it as "el--ay" or do you 02br
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00Likewise, when you say "will it be okay" do you say "will - it" or do you say "will - lit"0-
  

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00Will it will sound like willit, like one word, in most cases.0-
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00welcome to EnglishForward.02br
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00It's eh-lay, not el-lay. So "will it" is not the same as "will lit". In "will lit" it will take you more time to pronounce the L, because it is held (at the end of "will") and then released (when you start to say "lit"). 02br
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0Kooyeen, if I'm going to LA, I don't go to eh-lay. You're making it sound more like "allay" and it's not. ELL-ay.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Kooyeen, if I'm going to LA, I don't go to eh-lay.12blockquote
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00you are making a distinction between 01i00eh-lay02i00 and 01i00ell-a02i00y, which is actually important, even though in American English sometimes it's not a big dis
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0 ell - ay, not ell - lay, no matter how fast. That's what I think! (No separate dark final L and light initial L.)02br
00Same idea with 01i00sell aprons02i00. 02br
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0Hmm, ****, looks like it's one of those things that is likely to confuse me if I think too much about it.05002br
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00I realized that I would probably say 01i01b00ell-ay02b02i00, and 01i01b00sell aprons02b02i00, keeping the L pretty dark but... I should avoid thinking about it, otherwise I mess
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0 To be honest, I've never thought about these in such great detail.02br
00The only comment I have is: gaydOEpinz. 02br
00I'm inclined to go with this one:01blockquote
01cite10Kooyeen12cite10I should avoid thinking about it12blockquote
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10The only comment I have is: gaydOEpinz.12blockquote
10Hmm, see? I didn't even realize I'd actually tap that T, LOL.02br
00Ok, I'd better forget about it. Or try to post only when my mind seems to work. 050010id2
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Depends how fast or slow you are speaking and how much you are enunciating.

Slow.. el-ay, fast el-lay Likewise , slow will--it, fast will-lit.

Enunciating...el--ay and will --it .

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