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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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junta

Hullo!
Dictionaries give different pronunciation for this word.
my questions is: most people in Amerika say "hoonta" or "junta"?
  

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I believe I hear it pronounced as hunt-a , but that isn't one of the two pronunciations you offer, which my American Heritage Dictionary offer as well. The first suggestion in AH is the vowel pronounced as in t oo k .

  • I believe I hear it pronounced as hunt-a , but that isn't one of the two pronunciations you offer, which my American Heritage Dictionary offer as well.
  • The first suggestion in AH is the vowel pronounced as in t oo k .
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I believe I hear it pronounced as hunt-a, but that isn't one of the two pronunciations you offer, which my American Heritage Dictionary offer as well. The first suggestion in AH is the vowel pronounced as in took.

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