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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
inducible [pronunciation]
My dictionary provides the pronunciation of the word "inducible" like this;
AmE [indjú:s?bl], BrE [ - djú:s - ]
What I want to know is the sound of "u" in American English.
As far as I know, many words are distinguishable from "u" in "news"([nju:z] :BrE, [nu:z] : AmE).
But the sound "u" in inducible is the same in both AmE and BrE.
Q) Can you say "u" sound in "inducible" is just one of the exceptions of the sort?
AmE [indjú:s?bl], BrE [ - djú:s - ]
What I want to know is the sound of "u" in American English.
As far as I know, many words are distinguishable from "u" in "news"([nju:z] :BrE, [nu:z] : AmE).
But the sound "u" in inducible is the same in both AmE and BrE.
Q) Can you say "u" sound in "inducible" is just one of the exceptions of the sort?
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Many words are pronounced the same in AmE and BrE, but have you copied those accurately? l, -'dyü-\ . Irrespective, I have always thought 'news' to be one of the exceptions.
- Many words are pronounced the same in AmE and BrE, but have you copied those accurately?
- l, -'dyü-\ .
- Irrespective, I have always thought 'news' to be one of the exceptions.
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Many words are pronounced the same in AmE and BrE, but have you copied those accurately? Webster's online gives these: \in-'dü-s?-b?l, -'dyü-\ . Irrespective, I have always thought 'news' to be one of the exceptions.
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That "u" sound will depend on the dialect of the speaker. It is not consistent across the US in any word, even "news". I can't speak for Britain. In my dialect, it's "du" and not "dyu" in "inducible".
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