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Drinker Posted 18 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

What's wrong with the merriam-webster site?

Is it a mistake or just in American pronunciation people just speak it this way? BUT \'b?t\ . I think the word " but" should be read [b?t] both in British or American pronunciation, am I wrong?
  

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Hi drinker, and welcome to English Forums. I don't know what that IPA sounds like, but the online M-W pronunciation sounded fine to these American ears.

— BarbaraPA

  • Hi drinker, and welcome to English Forums.
  • I don't know what that IPA sounds like, but the online M-W pronunciation sounded fine to these American ears.
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Hi drinker, and welcome to English Forums.
I don't know what that IPA sounds like, but the online M-W pronunciation sounded fine to these American ears.
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Both pronunciations occur in both British and American English. The vowel is often weak in speech when there is no need to stress the conjunction.

CB
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