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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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How to pronounce MAIN.

The AI of MAIN is pronounced as a diphthong [ei].

How to pronounce it correctly? I heard different accents.

One way is to pronounce it as MEI + N.

Another way is to pronounce it as ME + IN. IN is pronounced as the word IN.

Is it correct to pronounce it as ME + IN?

  

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Could anyone please help to answer the question? If the I of MAIN is nasalized with N, then the pronunciation would be ME + I(n) + N or ME +IN. I(n) means the nasalization of I.

  • Could anyone please help to answer the question?
  • If the I of MAIN is nasalized with N, then the pronunciation would be ME + I(n) + N or ME +IN.
  • I(n) means the nasalization of I.
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Could anyone please help to answer the question?

If the I of MAIN is nasalized with N, then the pronunciation would be ME + I(n) + N or ME +IN.

I(n) means the nasalization of I.

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anonymous How to pronounce MAIN

The diphthong is barely noticeable.

It's more like /men/ than /me?n/.

/me.?n/ is not correct.

CJ

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