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Jackson6612 Posted 17 years ago
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The minute (time) has different pronunciations in AmE and BrE
The minute 
has different pronunciations in AmE and BrE.
AmE: me-nut
BrE: me-knit
The above pronunciations are only approximations. More correct version is here:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/minute
has different pronunciations in AmE and BrE.AmE: me-nut
BrE: me-knit
The above pronunciations are only approximations. More correct version is here:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/minute
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Longman says "mi-nit", while Merriam Webster says "mi-nut". I have never paid too much attention to that, because I have heard it several times, so I can just say it the way I have usually heard it, which is more like "mi-nit". Also, I don't pay much attention to some schwa transcriptions in non-stressed vowels, for the following reason: the weak vowel merger, also called Lennon-Lenin merger.
- Longman says "mi-nit", while Merriam Webster says "mi-nut".
- I have never paid too much attention to that, because I have heard it several times, so I can just say it the way I have usually heard it, which is more like "mi-nit".
- Also, I don't pay much attention to some schwa transcriptions in non-stressed vowels, for the following reason: the weak vowel merger, also called Lennon-Lenin merger.
- It's very common in the US.
- I tend to pronounce Lennon and Lenin the same, where the weak vowel tends to shift toward a sound like the i in Lenin, chin, shin.
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Longman says "mi-nit", while Merriam Webster says "mi-nut". I have never paid too much attention to that, because I have heard it several times, so I can just say it the way I have usually heard it, which is more like "mi-nit".
Also, I don't pay much attention to some schwa transcriptions in non-stressed vowels, for the following reason: the weak vowel merger, also called Lennon-Lenin merger
Also, I don't pay much attention to some schwa transcriptions in non-stressed vowels, for the following reason: the weak vowel merger, also called Lennon-Lenin merger
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I see two possible pronunciatoins: 'm?n-?t; 'm?n-?t. Of course, MW syllabifies it as 'm?-n?t; I have no clue on what basis MW determines syllables.
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Syllables generally start with a consonant sound and end with a vowel sound if that structure is possible for the word, Anon.
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Syllables generally start with a consonant sound and end with a vowel sound if that structure is possible for the word, Anon.
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