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minus-squareFreshLight@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoIf anyone’s wondering and since it’s not clarified here… Epitome is pronounced like this: ||UK|US| |phonetic|/ɪˈpɪt.ə.mi/|/ɪˈpɪt̬.ə.mi/| |non-phonetic|epittomee|epiddomee|
minus-squareVaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoI’ve been an avid reader since I was 6/7 and I hate reading dictionary listings with phonetic spellings as ironically they only make it harder for me to know how to pronounce a word. I’m also a native speaker.
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoLearning the IPA is quite good in that case
minus-squareminibyte@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoI can’t believe you don’t remember what an upside down e sounds like.
minus-squarePatMustard@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year ago epiddomee I know Americans pronounce Ts as Ds, but reading it explicitly written down is like being poked in the eye
minus-squarerobotica@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoWait till you find out that they pronounce Ds as semi-trilled Rs!
minus-squarePatMustard@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI don’t know what that is but I’m intrigued and afraid!
minus-squarerobotica@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThey’re just like trilled Rs, but have only one trill, hence semi-trilled.
minus-squarePatMustard@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’m trying this out with my own mouth and it’s weird
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’ll pronounce a T when you pronounce an R
minus-squarePatMustard@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s a new one, what’s wrong with Rs?
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoMost English people have a non-rhotic accent, meaning not pronouncing the r after vowels so words like “better” become “betta”.
If anyone’s wondering and since it’s not clarified here…
Epitome is pronounced like this: ||UK|US| |phonetic|/ɪˈpɪt.ə.mi/|/ɪˈpɪt̬.ə.mi/| |non-phonetic|epittomee|epiddomee|
I’ve been an avid reader since I was 6/7 and I hate reading dictionary listings with phonetic spellings as ironically they only make it harder for me to know how to pronounce a word. I’m also a native speaker.
Learning the IPA is quite good in that case
I can’t believe you don’t remember what an upside down e sounds like.
I know Americans pronounce Ts as Ds, but reading it explicitly written down is like being poked in the eye
Wait till you find out that they pronounce Ds as semi-trilled Rs!
I don’t know what that is but I’m intrigued and afraid!
They’re just like trilled Rs, but have only one trill, hence semi-trilled.
I’m trying this out with my own mouth and it’s weird
I’ll pronounce a T when you pronounce an R
That’s a new one, what’s wrong with Rs?
Most English people have a non-rhotic accent, meaning not pronouncing the r after vowels so words like “better” become “betta”.