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Usenet Posted 19 years ago
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Pronunciation of "azure"
Hello,
I am a learner of English and I have a doubt about the pronunciation of the word "azure" (the colour)?
All the dictionaries I've checked list /'AZ@(r)/ as the recommended pronunciation but I've asked two English people and they say they'd always say /@'zjo:/ or perhaps /@'Zo:/ or /@'zjU@/ (and permutations) but they wouldn't say or understand /'AZ@/
(/A/ as in "apple", /@/ is schwa, /Z/ as in measure) What do you say? (supposing you say anything at all, I know that's a pretty uncommon word)
Lorenzo
I am a learner of English and I have a doubt about the pronunciation of the word "azure" (the colour)?
All the dictionaries I've checked list /'AZ@(r)/ as the recommended pronunciation but I've asked two English people and they say they'd always say /@'zjo:/ or perhaps /@'Zo:/ or /@'zjU@/ (and permutations) but they wouldn't say or understand /'AZ@/
(/A/ as in "apple", /@/ is schwa, /Z/ as in measure) What do you say? (supposing you say anything at all, I know that's a pretty uncommon word)
Lorenzo
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[nq:1]Hello, I am a learner of English and I have a doubt about the pronunciation of the word "azure" (the ... in measure) What do you say? (supposing you say anything at all, I know that's a pretty uncommon word) Lorenzo[/nq] /az-yuur/ the /a/ is as in 'apple' and there is no schwa in 'azure'.
- [nq:1]Hello, I am a learner of English and I have a doubt about the pronunciation of the word "azure" (the ...
- in measure) What do you say?
- (supposing you say anything at all, I know that's a pretty uncommon word) Lorenzo[/nq] /az-yuur/ the /a/ is as in 'apple' and there is no schwa in 'azure'.
- That is how I say it, and how it is described in the OED (the version which uses alphabetic letters).
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[nq:1]Hello, I am a learner of English and I have a doubt about the pronunciation of the word "azure" (the ... in measure) What do you say? (supposing you say anything at all, I know that's a pretty uncommon word) Lorenzo[/nq]
/az-yuur/
the /a/ is as in 'apple' and there is no schwa in 'azure'.
That is how I say it, and how it is described in the OED (the version which uses alphab
/az-yuur/
the /a/ is as in 'apple' and there is no schwa in 'azure'.
That is how I say it, and how it is described in the OED (the version which uses alphab
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[nq:1]/az-yuur/ the /a/ is as in 'apple' and there is no schwa in 'azure'. That is how I say it, and how it is described in the OED (the version which uses alphabetic letters).[/nq]
Ok, thank you!
By the way, for the sake of exhaustiveness,
Reccomended British RP: /'AZ@/
Other British pronunciations:
/'eIZ@/ (like the continent)
/'AZU@/
/'eIZU@/
/'AZjU@/
/'
Ok, thank you!
By the way, for the sake of exhaustiveness,
Reccomended British RP: /'AZ@/
Other British pronunciations:
/'eIZ@/ (like the continent)
/'AZU@/
/'eIZU@/
/'AZjU@/
/'
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[nq:1]/az-yuur/ the /a/ is as in 'apple' and there is no schwa in 'azure'. That is how I say it, and how it is described in the OED (the version which uses alphabetic letters).[/nq]
Except in heraldry: the heraldic colour is pronounced with a long 'a'.
John Briggs
Except in heraldry: the heraldic colour is pronounced with a long 'a'.
John Briggs
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[nq:2]/az-yuur/ the /a/ is as in 'apple' and there is ... described in the OED (the version which uses alphabetic letters).[/nq]
[nq:1]Except in heraldry: the heraldic colour is pronounced with a long 'a'.[/nq]
This surprised me, but you're absolutely right.
Old dog + old tricks = possible.
[nq:1]Except in heraldry: the heraldic colour is pronounced with a long 'a'.[/nq]
This surprised me, but you're absolutely right.
Old dog + old tricks = possible.
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