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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Pronunciation problems,

Hello, I would like some advice from all.

My English teacher contends that the pronunciation of 'syrup' must be /sairup/, as in 'cyprus', and that /sirup/ as in 'sir' is wrong.

However, I haven't heard of that and I cannot seem to find any reasonable reason why. Is /sairup/ correct? Is it some kind of dialect??

My teacher also pronounces 'debris' as /debrah/, as in 'Deborah', and argues that /debree/ is wrong. How should I read them?

Thank you for reading & answering for me!
  

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Hi, I've highlighted what is correct . Clive My English teacher contends that the pronunciation of 'syrup' must be /sairup/, as in 'cyprus', and that /sirup/ as in 'sir' is wrong. However, I haven't heard of that and I cannot seem to find any reasonable reason why.

— Clive

  • Hi, I've highlighted what is correct .
  • Clive My English teacher contends that the pronunciation of 'syrup' must be /sairup/, as in 'cyprus', and that /sirup/ as in 'sir' is wrong.
  • However, I haven't heard of that and I cannot seem to find any reasonable reason why.
  • Is /sairup/ correct?
  • Is it some kind of dialect??
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Hi,
I've highlighted what is correct.

Clive

My English teacher contends that the pronunciation of 'syrup' must be /sairup/, as in 'cyprus', and that /sirup/ as in 'sir' is wrong.

However, I haven't heard of that and I cannot seem to find any reasonable reason why. Is /sairup/ correct? Is it some kind of dialect??

My teacher also pronounces 'debris' as
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Hmm, where is your teacher from? Is he (or she) a native speaker? If he is, I find it really strange he says "sir-up" is wrong, since it is one of the most common pronunciations by far.
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My teacher is Korean and she even says that there is a dictionary that pronunciates 'sir-up' as 'sai-rup' :-(

Thank you!
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 your teacher is crazy, it is definitely, either sear - up, sur- up and debree, unless you are in england in which case istead of deBREE it is DEbree.
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