Timeline for Why do we pronounce "slurp" with ə, but "slump" with ʌ?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
6 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2013 at 18:06 | comment | added | Peter Shor | @Theta30: in British English, "current", "currency", "hurry", and similar words can be pronounced with /ʌr/ because the /ʌr/ is immediately followed by a vowel, so the 'r' gets shifted to be pronounced as the first sound of the next syllable. I don't believe you will find /ʌrC/ in standard British English, with 'C' representing a consonant. | |
| Aug 16, 2013 at 17:20 | comment | added | Bogdan Lataianu | But as my tags suggest, I was more interested on North-American pronunciation | |
| Aug 16, 2013 at 17:07 | comment | added | Bogdan Lataianu | "current" and possible "currency" sounds and are shown with an /\ in British English but not in AmE. | |
| Aug 16, 2013 at 1:32 | vote | accept | Bogdan Lataianu | ||
| Aug 12, 2013 at 2:54 | history | edited | Peter Shor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added "many" instead of "most" to take care of rhotic English speakers
|
| Aug 12, 2013 at 2:48 | history | answered | Peter Shor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |