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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Ow sound

Does the ow spelling end in /?/ or /w/ sound as in the link below,
http://www.pronuncian.com/Lessons/Default.aspx?Lesson=113
  

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/ or /w/ The 'ow' spelling has different sounds, as in cow and show .

— Mister Micawber

  • / or /w/ The 'ow' spelling has different sounds, as in cow and show .
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AnonymousDoes the ow spelling end in /?/ or /w/
The 'ow' spelling has different sounds, as in cow and show.
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Mister MicawberThe 'ow' spelling has different sounds, as in cow and show
My question was really whether the second sound of the diphthong ow ends ends in a brief /?/ sound or
/w/ sound as in the link.
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It does not end in /w/.
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I do not know why they put such material on the website to confuse English learners.
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AnonymousMy question was really whether the second sound of the diphthong ow ends ends in a brief /?/ sound or /w/ sound as in the link.
If transcribed in IPA it's /?/. People are free to develop any system they wish to use, however, so within another system the transcription might be /w/. The sound is the same no matter what symbol is used to represent it.
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