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Mloskot Posted 16 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

What is the pronunciation of the word issue?

Hi,

I'd like to ask for clarification of differences in pronunciation of the word issue
I've checked it in number of online dictionaries and most of them list the following two variants of pronunciation:
  1. /'?s.ju/
  2. /'??u/
What is origin of these variants?
Which one is considered as British pronunciation?

Best regards,
Mateusz
  

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Hi, mloskot. Welcome to English Forums. Thanks for joining us. [<:o)]

I just stumbled into the wrong room by mistake. I don't even know how to read your symbols.
But in the US, two pronounciations are common. The one that sounds like **** is by far the more common of the two, especially among native speakers. The other one sounds like "I miss you."
The trend carries to w
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Hi,

I've taken the symbols from online dictionaries, for example, Wiktionary (see issue)
If they are not visible properly, here is more ASCII-friendly notation;
  1. /"IS.ju/
  2. /"ISu/
I assume you mean native speakers in US, don't you?
Thanks for the explanation. Yet another bit
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mloskot I assume you mean native speakers in US, don't you?
Yes.

The symbols are perfectly clear, BTW, I simply haven't learned them.
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