Pronunciation of deciduous
These two BrE dictionaries have different pronunciation for deciduous. Please tell me which pronunciation is the most exceptable in BrE?
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/deciduous
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/deciduous
Top answer
They are the same pronunciation, essentially. The difference is just normal speaker variation. com speaker makes more of a meal of the pronunciation, and emphasises -- almost hisses -- the "s" sounds more than is really usual.
- They are the same pronunciation, essentially.
- The difference is just normal speaker variation.
- com speaker makes more of a meal of the pronunciation, and emphasises -- almost hisses -- the "s" sounds more than is really usual.
- For that reason, as a choice between these two, I would suggest trying to emulate the other one.
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They are the same pronunciation, essentially. The difference is just normal speaker variation. Having said that, the oxforddictionaries.com speaker makes more of a meal of the pronunciation, and emphasises -- almost hisses -- the "s" sounds more than is really usual. For that reason, as a choice between these two, I would suggest trying to emulate the other one.
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