How do you all pronounce ''hear'', ''here'', ''ear'' and ''year''? I pronounce them all the same way.
How do you pronounce ''car''?
I pronounce them:
hear - /hI@`/
here - /hI@`/
ear - /I@`/
year - /jI@`/
just like any speaker that wasn't being lazy would pronounce them.
hear - /hI@`/
here - /hI@`/
ear - /I@`/
year - /jI@`/
just like any speaker that wasn't being lazy would pronounce them.
<<For me,
hear - [hI@`]
here - [hI@`]
ear - [I@`]
year - [jI@`]>>
Where are you from? I'm from Wales, and all are /I@`/ for me. Is it rare to pronounce them all the same way?
hear - [hI@`]
here - [hI@`]
ear - [I@`]
year - [jI@`]>>
Where are you from? I'm from Wales, and all are /I@`/ for me. Is it rare to pronounce them all the same way?
>>How do you all pronounce ''hear'', ''here'', ''ear'' and ''year''? I pronounce them all the same way.<<
It seems that some people here, have serious congenite language problems. Maybe, some of them should go to a terapist.
hear = here /hI@/
ear /I@/
year /jI@/
It seems that some people here, have serious congenite language problems. Maybe, some of them should go to a terapist.
hear = here /hI@/
ear /I@/
year /jI@/
P.S., how do you pronounce ''steering wheel''? I pronounce it /stI@rIN wI@l/.
<<It seems that some people here, have serious congenite language problems. Maybe, some of them should go to a terapist.>>
I agree 100%.
I agree 100%.
Please, go to Jamaica and say this:
"It seems that some people here, have serious congenite language problems. Maybe, some of them should go to a terapist."
Let's see how you make out.
Robert, where are you from?
"It seems that some people here, have serious congenite language problems. Maybe, some of them should go to a terapist."
Let's see how you make out.
Robert, where are you from?
Ah, whereabouts Jamaica? My father is from Savlemar (Savanna Le Mar) and my mother is from Kingston.
"Congenite", whatever that means, is uttered by those with congenital anomalies. But Pete can treat his predicament with speech therapy.
<<And for some Australians, also:
jam (to "jam" something in) - [dZ{m]
jam (the "jam" that you eat) - [dZ{:m]>>
Actually, I've not heard anyone make that distinction in Australia. Daniel Jones identified it for some non-rhotic speakers, and Australian English does have a bad-lad split, so I suppose that's where the confusion spreads.
A good example of a minimal pair between /æ:/ and /æ/ is "span" (like a bridge does a river) vs "span" (spin-span-spun). Unfortunately I gather that "span" in this latter sense is restricted Australia.
Also, "beard" /bI@d/=[bI:d] vs "bid" /bId/ or "feel" /fi:l/=[fI:@_X5] vs "fill" /fIl/=[fI@_X5] forms a minimal pair in most contexts, and for at least Victorians and South Australians and quite likely more generally, "fool" /f}:l/=[fU:l] vs "full" /fUl/=[fUl] form another minimal pair.
As for "here"/"hear", "ear" and "year", they're /hI@/, /I@/ and /jI@/ with the /I@/ monophthongised to [I:] in most contexts.
jam (to "jam" something in) - [dZ{m]
jam (the "jam" that you eat) - [dZ{:m]>>
Actually, I've not heard anyone make that distinction in Australia. Daniel Jones identified it for some non-rhotic speakers, and Australian English does have a bad-lad split, so I suppose that's where the confusion spreads.
A good example of a minimal pair between /æ:/ and /æ/ is "span" (like a bridge does a river) vs "span" (spin-span-spun). Unfortunately I gather that "span" in this latter sense is restricted Australia.
Also, "beard" /bI@d/=[bI:d] vs "bid" /bId/ or "feel" /fi:l/=[fI:@_X5] vs "fill" /fIl/=[fI@_X5] forms a minimal pair in most contexts, and for at least Victorians and South Australians and quite likely more generally, "fool" /f}:l/=[fU:l] vs "full" /fUl/=[fUl] form another minimal pair.
As for "here"/"hear", "ear" and "year", they're /hI@/, /I@/ and /jI@/ with the /I@/ monophthongised to [I:] in most contexts.
I myself pronounce those as:
"here", "hear" : /hIr/ -> [hI:r\]
"ear" : /Ir/ -> [I:r\]
"year" : /jIr/ -> [jI:r\]
"here", "hear" : /hIr/ -> [hI:r\]
"ear" : /Ir/ -> [I:r\]
"year" : /jIr/ -> [jI:r\]
>>It seems that some people here, have serious congenite language problems. Maybe, some of them should go to a terapist.<<
Well, sorry, but many people natively speak dialects which're different than whatever you've been taught as "correct" in school, and I doubt that they'd take very well with you saying that they have congential speech problems.
Well, sorry, but many people natively speak dialects which're different than whatever you've been taught as "correct" in school, and I doubt that they'd take very well with you saying that they have congential speech problems.