"cabinet"

Jeff   Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:32 pm GMT
Do you use two or three syllables for this word?
yi ge ren   Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:00 am GMT
2
Lazar   Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:45 am GMT
Two.
er   Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:15 am GMT
3 obviously, isn't it?
Pedro   Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:20 am GMT
3, probably in very formal speech. Normally, 2
TomJimJack   Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:28 am GMT
What 2/3 syllables are you talking about? Does anybody pronounce it in a different way than "cabnt"?
Pedro   Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:41 am GMT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFkeyjH6w64

Tom, watch the above video, where you can hear both 2-syllable and 3-syllables
Entbark   Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:19 am GMT
The two pronunciations would be /kʰæbənεt/ or /kʰæbnıt/.