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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Pronunciation: how to say "w"

This question is probably not well understood by people who are not phoneticists or phonologists. The first pronunciation /'d/\bl/ /ju:/ is similar to making it into two words, ie, double U, thus the syllable -ble is pronounced with a dark l or a vocalized l (an l that is turned into a vowel). The second pronunciation /'d/\blju:/ sounds like /'d/\b-bli-ju:/, the l in /bli/ is a clear l (not a dark or vocalized l). The inserted i in /bli/ comes from the following /j/. It is something like an amplification and is short in duration. This is British English pronunciation and is probably not found in American English. Informed comments from experts are welcome. (Lawrence Leung)
  

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q=w The English pronunciation is very hard as it is so please do not make it more complicated than it is.

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  • q=w The English pronunciation is very hard as it is so please do not make it more complicated than it is.
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The pronunciation of 'w' in both AmE and BrE is /'d?blju?/ as in below link:
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/w_1?q=w
The English pronunciation is very hard as it is so please do not make it more complicated than it is.
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I am still awaiting expert opinions from phoneticists. I would be most obliged.
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The normal pronunciations of this word are in the range of /'d?b?lju?/, /'d?b?l??ju/, /'d?bl??ju/?, /'d?bl??ju/, /'d?b?lj?/, /'d?bl??j?/ , /'d?bju?/,/'d?bju/, and /'d?bj?/.

I know of no variety of English in which the word is pronounced /'d?b-bli-ju:/.

By the way, the word 'phonetician' is far more commonly used than 'phoneticist'.
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