Example pages with explanations
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This is the simplest kind of item.
First, the American version of the pronunciation. Then the British version.
The American version has an @
sound, the British version has
an a:
sound.
The note at the bottom reminds you that this happens in many English words.
With can be pronounced [wiTH]
or [with]
(in all kinds of English).
In American English, right (and many other words) are very often pronounced without
the final t
.
This “silent version” is not reflected in phonetic transcriptions in dictionaries, so
in PerfectPronunciation, there are two recordings and one transcription.
The transcription for anything uses the special symbol
i(:)
, so we explain it in a short note.