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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

via

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00the word "via" can be pronounced as 01b01i00vee-uh02i02b00 or 01b01i00v-eye-uh.02i02b00 Some examples, as always:02br
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00You can access it via the Internet.02br
00The signal comes via satellite.02br
00We went home via Paris.02br
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00I'd like to know if you think one way of pronouncing it is more common than the other, or if you think there are some regional differences.02br
00Thanks. 050010id1
  

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0 In the UK, it's usually v-eye-uh. 0-

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0 In the UK, it's usually v-eye-uh. 0-
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0I would say that in North America it's more often /vi@/ rather than /vaI@/, but I have a sneaking suspicion that this is one of those words that don't really have much to do with region, but rather idiolectal personal preference. So, my impressions would be clouded by the people I've heard say word. However, I have always heard the word "viaduct" pronounced as /vaI@dVkt/. In general, I tend
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0 Yes, in Italian it's /vi@/ like in Church Latin (not exactly /vi@/ actually, since there's no /@/ in Italian, but the pronunciation it's very close).02br
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I hear /vaI@/ more often where I live (California).

CJ
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CalifJimI hear /vaI@/ more often where I live (California).

CJ
Ah, intersting. I think I will say it either way then... sometimes vee-uh, sometimes v-eye-uh.
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