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Maple Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

sphere: sf or sv

How to read sphere?

A /sfie/

B /svie/

C Either way: no difference can be detected by the ears.

Thanks in advance.
  

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The first one, except the last phoneme would be schwa sound. At least in BrE, that is. I'd guess in AE the difference would be that /r/ is pronounced at the end, and perhaps schwa would be just /i/.

— Zerox

  • The first one, except the last phoneme would be schwa sound.
  • At least in BrE, that is.
  • I'd guess in AE the difference would be that /r/ is pronounced at the end, and perhaps schwa would be just /i/.
  • So in AE /sfir/, but do notice that I'm not sure about the American way.
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The first one, except the last phoneme would be schwa sound. At least in BrE, that is. I'd guess in AE the difference would be that /r/ is pronounced at the end, and perhaps schwa would be just /i/. So in AE /sfir/, but do notice that I'm not sure about the American way.
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Thanks a lot, Zerox! [C]
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