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Mbm2000 Posted 16 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Pronunciations of refugee

Hello all,
Can you tell me how many pronunciations are used for Refugee?
one and the most common is ?r?fj?'d?i? but I've hearred another pronunciation which is ?r?fegi?.
here g sounds like gas and e sounds like bed.
thanks in advance.
  

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Hi I've never heard it pronounced with a hard g and a short e . I've heard it with the accent on the first or on the last syllable. [ref-yoo- jee , ref -yoo-jee]

  • Hi I've never heard it pronounced with a hard g and a short e .
  • I've heard it with the accent on the first or on the last syllable.
  • [ref-yoo- jee , ref -yoo-jee]
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Hi
I've never heard it pronounced with a hard g and a short e.

I've heard it with the accent on the first or on the last syllable.
[ref-yoo-jee, ref-yoo-jee]
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