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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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How to prounouce "" question

hi i have one question about English pronunciation. that is word ""question"". i have been on dictionary.com and i heard the pronunciation is kwes-chuhn. but when i heard people pronounce that like kwe shuhn. please tell me why?
  

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The "why" of pronunciation comes down to local dialect, education and personal taste. A fussy person might say "quest-yun," which is a bit more precise than "kwes-chuhn" but reflects the same locale or preference. "kwe-shuhn" sounds like the way a person would interpret a word ending in "tion" --as in "lotion"--if they had never heard "question" pronounced precisely.

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  • The "why" of pronunciation comes down to local dialect, education and personal taste.
  • A fussy person might say "quest-yun," which is a bit more precise than "kwes-chuhn" but reflects the same locale or preference.
  • "kwe-shuhn" sounds like the way a person would interpret a word ending in "tion" --as in "lotion"--if they had never heard "question" pronounced precisely.
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The "why" of pronunciation comes down to local dialect, education and personal taste. A fussy person might say "quest-yun," which is a bit more precise than "kwes-chuhn" but reflects the same locale or preference. "kwe-shuhn" sounds like the way a person would interpret a word ending in "tion" --as in "lotion"--if they had never heard "question" pronounced precisely.
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Anonymoushi i have one question about English pronunciation. that is word ""question"". i have been on dictionary.com and i heard the pronunciation is kwes-chuhn. but when i heard people pronounce that like kwe shuhn. please tell me why?

Both are correct. Use "shuhn", since it is part of casual speech, which is faster than slow speech.
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Anonymouson dictionary.com and i heard the pronunciation is kwes-chuhn. but when i heard people pronounce that like kwe shuhn.
Are you sure? I have heard the mispronunciation kwesh - chun fairly often, but I can't recall hearing kwe - shuhn. Maybe they were speaking especially fast.

CJ
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