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"August"?
Can anyone tell me the correct pronunciation of the word AUGUST?
I mean the initial AU sound.
I'm an EFL teacher and my kids think they hear both A and U in the word spoken on our class CD.
I prefer to think it's an "O" sound, like in PAUL or in the AU in SANTA CLAUS:
Who's right? or, more probably, are there local and regional variants, like USA vs. Britain?
Thanks
Dylan
I mean the initial AU sound.
I'm an EFL teacher and my kids think they hear both A and U in the word spoken on our class CD.
I prefer to think it's an "O" sound, like in PAUL or in the AU in SANTA CLAUS:
Who's right? or, more probably, are there local and regional variants, like USA vs. Britain?
Thanks
Dylan
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we say Or as in Orgust Ive definitely never heard anyone say Owgust ( unless they were Scandinavian maybe??)
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I have a standard American accent.
I say AWWgust much the way the AU is pronounced in PAUL.
Although you will hear more often: "AUgst" without the vowel in "gust"
I say AWWgust much the way the AU is pronounced in PAUL.
Although you will hear more often: "AUgst" without the vowel in "gust"
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http://www.merriamwebster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=August
Click on the capital "August" then click the red speaker picture
Click on the capital "August" then click the red speaker picture
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I guess it sounds like , at least it sounds that way at http://www.m-w.com... check it out....
greetings...
greetings...
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According to Webster Dictionary, it is "/'o-g&st/". Hope this can help.
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