"Motorola" in american accent?

I guess it's Mow-tuh-roll-uh, where the T is tapped and so sounds like a D. The only problem is I am a bit unsure about the main stress, but I guess it's on the first syllable.

I've just said it outloud about six times, and the stress seems very even to me - perhaps a tiny empahsis on the third.

Sometimes I said it just as you had it, but other times, more like Mow-duh-row-luh.

One thing for sure - it's not "MOW-ter-oh-luh."

Grammar GeekI've just said it outloud about six times, and the stress seems very even to me - perhaps a tiny empahsis on the third.

Yeah, it's tricky. I can't make up my mind either.

Grammar GeekSometimes I said it just as you had it, but other times, more like Mow-duh-row-luh.

Yes, your transcription is more accurate. Writi

mode - er - O - luh.

Rhymes with: loader - COla.

CJ

KooyeenBuy a rice - Buyer ice
Finder A - Find a ray

There's a little difference, actually -- at least when I say them. The er is really more of a vowel of its own, not a schwa plus r. So I hear buy a rice, find a ray with more space between schwa and r, and I hear buyer ice, finder A with no space between schwa an

Hi Jim,
yes, actually, I can notice a little difference too, but only if I pronounce those examples slowly and carefully. If I try to say them at normal speed I don't think I can still pronounce them differently (and by the way I doubt I would be able to hear the difference, even in slow speech, but always connected). I am not completely convinced though, since the more I try, the more I get

Motor-roll-ah