Pronunciation
Hello everyone,
Could you tell me how the word "ambulance" is pronounced in both British and American English? I checked this word in "Cambridge online dictionary" and "Oxford online dictionary" both say the same thing which is "schwa" after /j/ in both British and American English. But Longman and Colin dictionaries say /u/ after /j/ in British English but /schwa/ after /j/ in American English. My question is, why do Cambridge and Oxford say something but Longman and Colin say something else?
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JA
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Are you sure they say /u/? com/definition/ambulance I see / ? /.
- Are you sure they say /u/?
- com/definition/ambulance I see / ?
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- Anyway, in BrE, you will hear that vowel in "ambulance" pronounced as schwa, or as the "oo" of "foot", or as the "oo" of "goose".
- * * I mean, in that word.
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Are you sure they say /u/? At https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ambulance I see /?/.
Anyway, in BrE, you will hear that vowel in "ambulance" pronounced as schwa, or as the "oo" of "foot", or as the
0Joseph AMy question is, why do Cambridge and Oxford say something but Longman and Colin say something else?
Pronunciation isn't so exactly the same from one person to another that we should expect to see no differences, and we shouldn't be too surprised to see that difference reflected in how the compilers of dictionaries choose a pronunciation.
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