Vioelnt

violent is phonetically spelled. http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=violent&submit=Submit
It is just when we say it fast that the "o" sound is omitted or smeared.

Nina_NiaCould you tell me why the ? sound is not pronounced after '?'?violent ADJECTIVE'va??l?nt

But it is pronounced. Well, I pronounce it. It does tend to get lost, though, because it's after another vowel.

Nina_NiaAnd also the æ is pronounced as 'a'. For example in the word 'savage.'

I don't know what you mean. I say /s

I was using Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Maybe I hear æ as 'a' and 'violent without ' ?'?

Nina_Nia Maybe I hear æ as 'a' and 'violent without ' ?'?

Maybe. They sound the same as when I say them. The /?/ in "violent" is very reduced, but it's there — to my ear, anyway.

But I do hear 'a' in y /sæv?d?/ ...

Nina_NiaBut I do hear 'a' in y /sæv?d?/ ...

Do you really mean /a/? That is the sound of 'a' in 'father'.

/æ/ is the sound of 'a' in 'cat'.

CJ

Yes. That's why I was surprised to hear 'a' (as in 'father) in sæv?d?/ .

But the more I listen to it the more I hear æ not 'a' in sæv?d?/ . At first it really sounded like 'a'..

Nina_NiaThat's why I was surprised to hear 'a' (as in 'father) in sæv?d?/ .

The British /æ/ in that dictionary entry is shaded toward /a/ more than the American one, as I hear them, so I believe you are right. Maybe the speaker they use for the British pronunciations does all his /æ/'s that way. Maybe all British speakers do their /æ/'s that way. I

Thank you... . I thought it was just me..