Words starting with RE

For all practical purposes, you can pronounce the "re" in "recognize" and "recite," or any word that begins with "re," as "RE."

EyeSeeYousome others an /RI/ one (as in recite).

That is wrong.

There is some misinformation in this thread. In British English:

the first vowel sound in recognise' is the /e/ of red;
the first vowel sound in recite is close to the /?/ of rid;

AnonymousFor all practical purposes, you can pronounce the "re" in "recognize" and "recite," or any word that begins with "re," as "RE."

That's a good explanation.

There are always some people in the world whose pronunciation varies into non-standard kinds, which makes words sound different.

AnonymousAnonymousFor all practical purposes, you can pronounce the "re" in "recognize" and "recite," or any word that begins with "re," as "RE."

That's a good explanation.

I don't think so. For a start, the first Anon does not tell us what is meant by the pronunciation /RE/

Even if we knew, to if we pronounce the first syllabl

fivejedjonI don't think so. For a start, the first Anon does not tell us what is meant by the pronunciation /RE/Even if we knew, to if we pronounce the first syllable of recognise in the same way as the first syllable of recite, we are going to sound unnatural in most varieties of English.

It's not unnatural for a lot of English speakers.

Speakers of

AnonymousIt's not unnatural for a lot of English speakers.

Did you actually read my last two posts?

EyeSeeYouSome have an /RE/ sound (as in recognize) and some others an /RI/ one (as in recite). Is there a rule as to when to use either?

Your symbols are very non-standard. It's hard to know exactly which sounds you are referencing.

In general, it depends on the stress pattern of the word. There are three patterns that come to mind as basic. (Examp

CalifJimThere are three patterns that come to mind as basic. (Examples are all in American English.)

The phonemes may be very slightly different in some dialects of British English, and I would use some different symbols, but the overall picture is the same.

CalifJim1a. 'recognize' has its primary stress on the first syllable. So does the noun form 'record'. This creates an /?/.1b. This can also happen with the primary stress on the third syllable. (recollect, represent)

But what about the word "recess"? Stress on the first syllable; however, the RE is pronounced with a long "i": /i:/