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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

well

Hi,
none of the dictionaries I checked say that "well" have an alternative pronunciation. But I keep hearing "well" pronounced with a schwa, wuh-ll, not with the "e" as in "bed".

Any comments? Thanks Emotion: smile
  

Top answer

> Yes. Clean out your ears!!! wuh-ll???

— CalifJim

  • > Yes.
  • Clean out your ears!!!
  • wuh-ll???
  • Where did you hear this?
  • Is it regional?
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<Any comments?> Yes. Clean out your ears!!! Emotion: smile
wuh-ll??? Where did you hear this? Is it regional?

CJ
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CalifJimClean out your ears!!! Emotion: smile
Yeah, maybe I should... maybe sometimes I don't pay much atte
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< post a clip > Not a bad idea.

Are you sure you didn't mean we'll? That's more likely to occur in unstressed position than well.

CJ
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I hear (and say ^^; ) "wull" a lot when people are trying to pronounce the word "well." It's just laziness combined with regional trends in vowel shifts.
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I think the word ‘well’ /wel/ may be pronounced with a schwa /wcl/ in its weak (unaccented) form especially when used as an interjection.
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BuddhaheartI think the word ‘well’ /wel/ may be pronounced with a schwa /wcl/ in its weak (unaccented) form especially when used as an interjection.
Yes, that's what I sometimes notice. It happens at the beginning of a statement, and "well" is pronounced very fast...

Weeeell... I think that...
Wuh-l I think that... <--- fast, even
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