The American pronunciation of "failure"
Hi, there. I'm always confused about the American pronunciation of "failure". Is the "l" in this word pronounced two times, like fail-lure /'fe?l-lj?(r)/? https://forvo.com/word/failure/
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I am no linguist. I come to questions like this one as cold as the OP. I listened to the Forvo links, and I hear the British guy using a much lighter "l" and "y" than the Americans.
- I am no linguist.
- I come to questions like this one as cold as the OP.
- I listened to the Forvo links, and I hear the British guy using a much lighter "l" and "y" than the Americans.
- The heavier, swallowed "l" slides into the heavier "y" with little change in the mouth.
- Also, the British "ai" is pretty much a long "a", whereas the American one is a diphthong that sets up the "l".
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I am no linguist. I come to questions like this one as cold as the OP. I listened to the Forvo links, and I hear the British guy using a much lighter "l" and "y" than the Americans. The heavier, swallowed "l" slides into the heavier "y" with little change in the mouth. Also, the British "ai" is pretty much a long "a", whereas the American one is a diphthong that sets up the "l". The upshot is
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