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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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pronunciation for Finance

Please let me know the pronunciation for finance
  

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Noun: /'fai naens/ Verb: /fai 'naens/

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  • Noun: /'fai naens/ Verb: /fai 'naens/
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Noun: /'fai naens/
Verb: /fai 'naens/
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I hate to tell you this, but in the U.S. I've heard it pronounced both ways for both the verb and noun forms. I think it might be somewhat of a regional difference.
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I"ve never heard /fai 'naens/, but I've heard /fi 'naens/. I hear the first more than any other.
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CalifJimI"ve never heard /fai 'naens/, but I've heard /fi 'naens/. I hear the first more than any other.
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Yeah, I wasn't paying attention to the spelling, only the location of the stress. I meant that I've heard both /'fai naens/ and /fi 'naens/ used for the verb and noun forms, as well as for the adjective (financial) and adverb (financiall
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10/fi 'naens/12br
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10With a tense [ i ] ? I sometimes pronounce it [ f@ne@ns ] , but never like that.0-
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0It is a regional difference. But the most common form in the U.S. is definitely "fai'nans." However, I sometimes hear "fi'nans," particularly when using the word as a verb.0-
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10I"ve never heard /fai 'naens/, but I've heard /fi 'naens/. I hear the first more than any other.12br
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10Is there a page alread on English Forums that tells me how to read (and write) these? That would give me examples, like "fai" would be the same
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0 Hi GG,02br
00are you talking about IPA? Merriam-Webster uses a different convention, it's not IPA, nor SAMPA.02br
00If you need to type in IPA, you can use this:02br
01a05000/ 02a02br
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00If you need to learn what each symbol stands for, maybe you need to check
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0Actually 20 (cough) years ago when I was studying linguistics, I did become familiar with the IPA, but it's the fai vs. fi that I get confused about now. What is SAMPA?0-
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0 Wow, you even studied linguistics... 02br
00 Well, /ɪ/ is the vowel in TIP, and /aɪ/ is the diphthong in TYPE. The symbol /i/ technically stands for a higher vowel, as in TEA, for example. That's IPA. 02br
00SAMPA is another transcription method where only ASCII characters are used (so you can find them on your keyboard). This is SAMPA for English:02br
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