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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Videophile vs Video File pronunciation
Hello,
As I understand, the terms are pronounced in the same way, 'v?d???f??l . How do I recognize one from the other then in spoken speech?
As I understand, the terms are pronounced in the same way, 'v?d???f??l . How do I recognize one from the other then in spoken speech?
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There may be a slight pause in "video file", but aside from that, all we have is context.
- There may be a slight pause in "video file", but aside from that, all we have is context.
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There may be a slight pause in "video file", but aside from that, all we have is context.
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Anonymousv?d???f??lThat looks to me like it might be a British pronunciation, though that / ? / doesn't seem right.
Is it supposed to be British?
Here are the American pronunciations (mine, anyway).
"videophile" / 'v ? d i ? ?f a ? l /
"video file" / 'v ? d i ?o ? 'f a ? l /
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/a?/ > /?? / is a Canadian thing. It is called raising. Raised from /a/ to /?/. Before a morpheme final l, the raising doesn't occur, as some say.
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