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EyeSeeYou Posted 14 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Tie-break: /brek/ or /breik/?

Is it me or is this term usually used in tennis pronounced /brek/?

Common sense dictates it should be said /breik/, though.
  

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/breIk/ because it 'breaks' the tie. - DJB -

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  • /breIk/ because it 'breaks' the tie.
  • - DJB -
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/breIk/ because it 'breaks' the tie.

- DJB -
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Thanks, that's what I thought. But I swear 99% of the Spanish speaking commentators pronounce it wrongly: /brek/.
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Well, it appears that espanish speakers are replacing with a monophthongal vowel that lies between a BET vowel and a BATE vowel.

RainDoctor
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EyeSeeYouBut I swear 99% of the Spanish speaking commentators pronounce it wrongly: /brek/.
And you are surprised that non-native speakers don't pronounce words correctly?

Strange reaction. I would assume as a matter of course that non-natives would mispronounce a great many words.

CJ
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I am a foreigner and feel pronounciation is a biggest issue. how ever I could listen fairly good.
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Yes, but I assumed those involved in tennis (players, coaches, commentators)would know how to pronounce it since they are used to the English language; most of them speak it fluently.
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EyeSeeYouYes, but I assumed those involved in tennis (players, coaches, commentators)would know how to pronounce it since they are used to the English language; most of them speak it fluently.
Fluency and near-native pronunciation are two completely different things.

I know a lot of people whose native language is not English. They can converse fluen
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