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This tag is for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about the sound, intonation, and stress of how words are uttered or produced.
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Are there British accents where the word "various" is pronounced without the first shwa sound?
/ˈvɛə.ɹi.əs/
This is what Wiktionary says about the RP pronunciation of the word "various". …
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Why are "glass", "bath", "bastard", "can't", "example", "past" pronounced with /ɑː/ in South...
The list in the subject isn't comprehensive - these are exAmples of words where an "a" is not followed by an "r", but still in Southern England (e.g. RP) people pronounce them with /ɑː/.
Are there any …
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Are there words with two shwas in a row?
I think a (syllable with a) shwa never follows another (syllable with a) shwa in English. Is it true for all the words? And, more generally, is it true for every sentence? For example, is it ever poss …
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Is it legal to pronounce the "t" as a glottal stop in the following words? Do British people...
Are there British English native speakers who glottalise their "t"s in the following words?
Into, its, after, still, student
The first case seems strange to me probably because "into" is like "in + to …
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How does connected speech work for accents which use the "h" sound?
Consider a British accent which doesn't use the "h" sound, so for example "hair" is pronounced /ɛə/ or /ɛː/.
When we say "your hair", do we pronounce the "r"? Do we say /jəɹɛə/?
Another way of phrasin …
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Which British accents feature pronouncing [i] like "eyi"?
Pronouncing [i] like "eyi" has always been in my life, but I don't know who from I heard it so much. I finally found a person who actually speaks like this. It's Matthew Murphy, the vocalist of The Wo …
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