Pronunciation Definitions

Pronunciation Symbols of Reader's Digest Illustrated Encyclopedia Dictionary for Antimoon.


ă stands for 'eh-ah, not ah "cat, map, camp, sad..."
ãr stands for 'eh-ah(-r) "care, fair, bear, where..."

ā stands for 'eh-ee "cake, pain, vein, prey, day, sleigh..."
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ĕ stands for eh "bed, sweat, dead, death, health..."
er stands for eh~(-r) "bird, verb, fur, work, word..."

ē stands for ee / e "meat, beet, bee, sea, piece, field..."
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ĭ stands for 'ee-eh / ih "fish, busy, building, bitch..."
ĭ stands for 'ee-ah(-r) "beer, fear, weird, mere..."

ī stands for 'ah-ee "light, buy, lie, sky, isle..."
īr stands for 'ah-ee-ah(-r) "fire, liar, buyer..."
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ŏ stands for 'aw-ah, not ah "cot, dog, dock, pop, bomb..."
ō stands for 'aw-oo / oh "slow, bone, load, dough, comb..."
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ŭ stands for aw-'ah / uh "duck, mud, pup, slut..."
ū stands for ee-'oo "new, cute, duty, view, feudal..."
yor stands for ee-'aw-ah(r) "pure, cure..."
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ä stands for ah, not eh "grass, glance, command, bath..."
är stands for ah~(-r) "car, heart, sergeant..."
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ö stands for aw, not er "law, faun, yawn, call..."
ör stands for aw~(-r) "lord, floor, sword..."
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oo stands for oo "fool, dude, food, womb, tomb..."
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oo stands for oo-'aw "foot, woman, wolf, hook, good..."
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oi stands for 'aw-eh "boil, boy, point..."
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ou stands for 'ah-aw "round, down, proud..."
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th stands for Spanish z "thing"
th stands for hard d in few words "that"

g stands for German g "game, girl"
g stands for Italian g "gem, geometry"

h stands for soft mouth air (aspiration) "home"
stands for no sound in French origin "hour"

j stands for Italian g "jail (gaol)"

l stands for behind the tongue, "doll, ball"
no tooth

y stands for ee "yesterday"

w stands for oo "well"
wh stands for hoo or oo "wheel, what"

-nion = ~nee-un, not ñun
-tion = shun
-stion = s chun
-sion = zhun
-rsion = r shun or r zhun
-ssion = shun
-cial = shawl
-tial = shawl

Repeat these words.

receive, believe, leave

belief, leaf, brief

wrong, knowledge, gnat, psychics, dumb, debt, psalm


Some people don't say the sounds as they should be pronounced. These
people use regional accents instead of the standard or basic accent.

Received British Pronunciation is the most acceptable accent around the world.

American English is the modern accent used in the United States of America.

Intonation isn't a dialect of a language. Dialect can be mixed with intonation. American English is considered to have both, I mean pronunciation accent and words of different meanings.

That's correct, Robert.

What do you think about my pronunciation difinitions?

Would they help friends to learn to speak using these definitions?

I also suggest to use the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet,
which are difficult to type on computers or paper writing.

Rudolph, you're faking me.

I didn't post: Rudolph Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:45 am GMT
That's correct, Robert.

What do you think about my pronunciation difinitions?

Would they help friends to learn to speak using these definitions?

I also suggest to use the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet,
which are difficult to type on computers or paper writing.

Rudolph, you sock!

I hate these messages about prononsiatiwn of the English

Your pronounsation symbols are quites goodss.

I just have to say I luv this diffinishuns.

Jim, I didn't know you're learning English.

Watch your writing and use a spelling dictionary.

Jim Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:55 am GMT
I just have to say I luv this diffinishuns. ???

Jim, you've bean faind ait.

Rudolph:

Before you start using symbols like /ö/, you should try to find out which sounds these symbols represent in the languages where they are used.
The vowel in "law" would be much better represented by /o:/.

Fredrik from Norway:

There's no problem for me to start using o: instead of ö.
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o: stands for aw, not er "law, faun, yawn, call..."
o:r stands for aw~(-r) "lord, floor, sword..."
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The symbols are not representing languages. Furthemore, these ones are
used in most dictionaries of the English language.

I know German has ö as er, somehow pronounced, but English isn't German.

What else do you think I should represent the symbols better?

Are you agreed that "a" in /cat/ is 'eh-ah, not ah?

Are you agreed that "o" in /cot/ is 'aw-ah, not ah?

Are you agreed that "u" in /cut/ is aw-'ah / uh, not ah or aw?

Are you agreed that "i" in /kit/ is 'ee-eh / ih, not ee?

Are you agreed that "oo" in /foot/ is not oo, but oo-'aw, somehow said faster and shorter?

cat = /cæt/
cot = /cot/
cut = /cöt/
kit = /kit/
foot= /füt/

Fredrik from Norway:

cut = /cöt/ is wrong.

foot= /füt/ is wong.

You don't speak English really.

Your phonetic representation is affecting your conversation.

One wonders when the nature of this futile exercise in extreme phonetic vaguery will become apparent to its originator.

Dude, save yourself the time and trouble and brush up on some IPA and/or X-SAMPA.