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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Kingsbury

Dear all,

For non-natives, pronunciation is always a problem, and it is often difficult to find the right answer
when a word is not in the dictionaries.

For "Kingsbury", is it always to be pronounced "kingzberi" while a lot of different things have the
same name of this? In case there is a popular exception, please suggest.

Hoping to hear from you.

Thanks in advance.

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I'm from the UK and I would naturally pronounce it "KINGZ-b(uh)ree", where the "uh" sound is weak and tends to get swallowed up. I've noticed a difference in the way many Americans pronounce "-bury" in names, often pronouncing it as "berry", with a prominent "e" rather than the neutral "uh" sound that you find over here. Hopefully an AmE speaker will be along to give their opinion.

— Mr Wordy

  • I'm from the UK and I would naturally pronounce it "KINGZ-b(uh)ree", where the "uh" sound is weak and tends to get swallowed up.
  • I've noticed a difference in the way many Americans pronounce "-bury" in names, often pronouncing it as "berry", with a prominent "e" rather than the neutral "uh" sound that you find over here.
  • Hopefully an AmE speaker will be along to give their opinion.
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I'm from the UK and I would naturally pronounce it "KINGZ-b(uh)ree", where the "uh" sound is weak and tends to get swallowed up. I've noticed a difference in the way many Americans pronounce "-bury" in names, often pronouncing it as "berry", with a prominent "e" rather than the neutral "uh" sound that you find over here. Hopefully an AmE speaker will be along to give their opinion.
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