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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

how to pronounce words with "eg"

i was just wondering how most native speakers (preferably americans) pronounce words with "eg" like egg, beg, negative, and what-not.

cause i've always noticed that it's pronounced like "ayg"(though not totally) , so...

egg=ayg

negative = naygative

beg=bayg (i was watching x-men the animated series when i heard this)

i'm not saying that "eg" is totally pronounced that way, but it kinda sounds like it(ayg) anyway.

thanks!
  

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com (on-line Merriam-Webster Dictionary) and hear the pronunciation. If you search there for a word, it should give you definition(s). Many words also have a red speaker icon (see the example below).

— Nef

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See if you can go to www.m-w.com (on-line Merriam-Webster Dictionary) and hear the pronunciation.

If you search there for a word, it should give you definition(s). Many words also have a red speaker icon (see the example below). Make sure your speakers are on and click on that speaker icon to hear the word.

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"i was just wondering how most native speakers (preferably americans) pronounce words with "eg" like egg, beg, negative, and what-not."

It might be pronounced more like [ejg] than [?g] for some speakers. The sound files on M-W sound like [?g] to me.

I live in southern Ontario and I pronounce it [?g]. And I pronounce words ending in "ag" as [ejg]. "bag" is [bejg] and "beg" is [b?
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Hi Anon,

You asked:


i was just wondering how most native speakers (preferably americans) pronounce words with "eg" like egg, beg, negative, and what-not.

In the words you mentioned "eg" is pronounced /eg/ in British English RP as well as in General American English. There are some words (and names) where "eg" is pronounced differently: for instance, in the w
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NefSee if you can go to www.m-w.com (on-line Merriam-Webster Dictionary) and hear the pronunciation.

If you search there for a word, it should give you definition(s). Many words also have a red speaker icon (see the example below). Make sure your speakers are on and click on that speaker icon to hear
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Anonymous
Nef
See if you can go to www.m-w.com (on-line Merriam-Webster Dictionary) and hear the pronunciation.

If you search there for a word, it should give you definition(s). Many words also have a red speaker icon (see the example below). Make sure your speakers are on
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In my experience egg=ayg is a regional American pronunciation, chiefly rural or Southern, but it may be spreading to other regions. This pronunction is usually used by the same people who say measure=may-zhur.

CJ
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"di'skrayb" - dis'krayb" might just be a difference in the convention of where to put the stress indicator: '

I'm not sure what real difference in pronunciation it could be indicating.
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0 >> In my experience egg=ayg is a regional American pronunciation, chiefly rural or Southern, but it may be spreading to other regions. This pronunction is usually used by the same people who say measure=may-zhur. 02<<
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00The pronunciation of egg as [eIg] is common in several dialects of English. Even many speakers of California English do it. It is also a commo
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