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Tung Quoc Posted 20 years ago
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0Please tell me the difference in pronunciation of 01font00/^/02font00 between:02br
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02br 00 This sound, called the schwa sound, is also found in stressed form in words like 01i 00but02i 00 and 01i 00cup02i 00, 01i 00month02i 00 and 01i 00son02i 00. 02br 00So /^/ in /^r/ is entirely different from /^/ in other contexts. 02br 02br 00 CJ0-

— CalifJim

  • 02br 00 This sound, called the schwa sound, is also found in stressed form in words like 01i 00but02i 00 and 01i 00cup02i 00, 01i 00month02i 00 and 01i 00son02i 00.
  • 02br 00So /^/ in /^r/ is entirely different from /^/ in other contexts.
  • 02br 02br 00 CJ0-
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0 In 01i00ago02i00, compared to 01i00love02i00, the sound is the 01u00same02u00, but unstressed and briefer in 01i00ago02i00.02br
00 This sound, called the schwa sound, is also found in stressed form in words like 01i00but02i00 and 01i00cup02i00,
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0Please tell me the difference in pronunciation of /^/ between:02br
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00l01font00o02font00ve and y01font00ou02font00ng02br
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001/ Stressed, it is also called "short u".02br
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00It = the sound in "ago". Right?02br
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00In 01i00bird02i00, the 01i00ir02i00 together gives a new sound unlike the sound in 01i00ago02i00 or 01i00love0
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01cite10Tung Quoc12cite10How can I pronounce this sound? (/^/ in "bird", "her", "worm", "learn"...)?12blockquote
10You need to hear that sound and try to imitate it. Listen to the pronunciation in some dictionaries (Merriam Webster pronunciations are available online at 05000/ ) 02br
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0 I also pronounce "young" and "love" with the same vowel. The reason that "love" has an "o" in Modern and Middle English is because:02br
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00"The pronunciation of written o in son, love, come, etc. is due to Norman spelling conventions prohibiting writing of u before v, m, n due to the graphical confusion that would result. (v, u, n were identically written with two mini
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00Stressed, it is also called "short u". It = the sound in "ago". Right?12blockquote
10 Yes!02br
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00How can I pronounce this sound? (/^/ in "bird", "her", "worm", "learn"...)? How to distinguish this sound with /^/ in "love" ?12blockquote
10 Only by imitating what
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