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Mr. Tom Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Pronunciation of varied

Hi

Would you say that the underlined part rhymes with mid? Or is the homophone of the word read?

Varied = mid
Varied = read

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Mr. Tom Would you say that the underlined part rhymes with mid? No.

— CalifJim

  • Mr.
  • Tom Would you say that the underlined part rhymes with mid?
  • No.
  • "varied" ~ vair eed ("arid" ~ air id) CJ
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Mr. TomWould you say that the underlined part rhymes with mid?
No. "varied" ~ vair eed

("arid" ~ air id)

CJ
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Mr. TomWould you say that the underlined part rhymes with mid? Or is the homophone of the word read?
Neither, in BrE. In fact the second syllable of that word does not rhyme with any monosyllabic word.
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fivejedjondoes not rhyme with any monosyllabic word
You're focusing on the length of the vowel then?

varied has [ i ]; reed has [ i: ] — as I hear them in AmE, anyway.

I wasn't transcribing that closely when I answered the OP's question.

CJ
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I was thinking of the length of the vowel, because the OP use the word 'rhyme'. The difference between the two sounds is the same in BrE as in AmE. It is, in my opinion, a big enough difference, difference for us not to accept the word 'rhyme'. I would say the same about 'pea' and the second syllable of 'happy'.

I accept that these vowels are formed in the same way, and that the
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