You're vs Your

Choose   Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:19 am GMT
Do they completely have similar pronunciations?
a demotivator   Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:48 am GMT
Haven't you noticed that there is a wide variety of pronunciation patterns in English? Some may pronounce "you're" and "your" in the same way, others may not. If you can't look up some standard pronunciations in a dictionary, why do you expect us to care to so for you?
very truly yours   Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:06 am GMT
They sound exactly the same to me.
Kess   Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:46 am GMT
both are [j@r] for me
Johnny   Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:35 pm GMT
<<If you can't look up some standard pronunciations in a dictionary, why do you expect us to care to so for you?>>

He (or she) is just asking about pronunciation. Dictionaries transcriptions are always imprecise, often so misleading that they could be wrong. So stop being an annoying demotivator and start saying something useful.
Paul   Wed Apr 15, 2009 3:58 pm GMT
The vowel sound is totally different for me.
Danilo   Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:20 pm GMT
The dictionaries: Merriam-Webster and American Heritage don't have a good pattern of pronunciation? At least for GAE?
What you mean "could be wrong"?
Danilo   Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:32 pm GMT
Utilizing this subject,
Looking for a word in the dictionary.
I'm very intrigued with the pronunciation of the word "opinion".
Can someone help me ascertain the correct.

This word have 3 syllables distinct:
What is the correct way?

@"pIn.j@n
--or--
@"pI.nj@n
?

Native speaks "ion" separataly, or speaks "nion"?
eeuuian   Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:16 am GMT
As a native speaker, I have no pause between the 3 syllables of opinion. I would think that o-pin-ion, or o-pi-nion, or even op-i-nion and op-in-ion are really all the same.
Danilo   Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:04 am GMT
But unfortunately does not seem to be the reality, you have syllabic breaks on speech. I think that phonetically it is impossible to speak this word, without a pause.
Danilo   Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:13 am GMT
I think if I talk "opin.ion" will sound very strange for you, but it is what the dictionary says.
Listening to a recording, it seems that the correct is "opi.nion"