How do you pronounce been? Like "bin" or "bean"?
How do you pronounce been?
Probably the pronunciation of "been" comes from ('bē-ən) which became (bĭn) only. In fast, "been" should be pronounced as "bean", even if both
words rhyme.
words rhyme.
The same thing happens with "our, ours, ourselves" as (ar, arz, arselvz). In fact, "our, ours, ourselves" should be pronounced as "hour, hours, hour selves",even if they rhyme.
<<In fact, "been" should be pronounced as "bean", even if both
words rhyme.>>
<<In fact, "our, ours, ourselves" should be pronounced as "hour, hours, hour selves",even if they rhyme.>>
Um, no. /bIn/ and /Ar/ are both extremely widely used and accepted, and I've seen both of these pronunciations listed in dictionaries (British and American).
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?dict=CALD&key=56151&ph=on
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=HW*78000070&dict=CLD2
http://m-w.com/dictionary/be
http://m-w.com/dictionary/our
This speech survey ( http://cfprod01.imt.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_2.html ) indicates that a substantial majority of Americans use [I], with most of the remainder using [E], and only a tiny minority using [i].
words rhyme.>>
<<In fact, "our, ours, ourselves" should be pronounced as "hour, hours, hour selves",even if they rhyme.>>
Um, no. /bIn/ and /Ar/ are both extremely widely used and accepted, and I've seen both of these pronunciations listed in dictionaries (British and American).
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?dict=CALD&key=56151&ph=on
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=HW*78000070&dict=CLD2
http://m-w.com/dictionary/be
http://m-w.com/dictionary/our
This speech survey ( http://cfprod01.imt.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_2.html ) indicates that a substantial majority of Americans use [I], with most of the remainder using [E], and only a tiny minority using [i].
Sorry, that last post was written by me.
(Also, the second URL didn't complete become a hyperlink, apparently because of the asterisk.)
(Also, the second URL didn't complete become a hyperlink, apparently because of the asterisk.)
<<Probably the pronunciation of "been" comes from ('bē-ən) which became (bĭn) only. In fast, "been" should be pronounced as "bean", even if both
words rhyme.>>
<<The same thing happens with "our, ours, ourselves" as (ar, arz, arselvz). In fact, "our, ours, ourselves" should be pronounced as "hour, hours, hour selves",even if they rhyme.>>
Huh? "Should" be pronounced? Those forms have been around for centuries, as Lazar pointed out, and are common around the English-speaking world. There's no problem with them.
words rhyme.>>
<<The same thing happens with "our, ours, ourselves" as (ar, arz, arselvz). In fact, "our, ours, ourselves" should be pronounced as "hour, hours, hour selves",even if they rhyme.>>
Huh? "Should" be pronounced? Those forms have been around for centuries, as Lazar pointed out, and are common around the English-speaking world. There's no problem with them.
Even experts wish a better simplified spelling which in your
request "should, would, and could" become (shwaud, wwaud, cwaud in RP), but (shuud, wuud, cuud in A.P.).
request "should, would, and could" become (shwaud, wwaud, cwaud in RP), but (shuud, wuud, cuud in A.P.).
It is usually [bI~:n] here in the Milwaukee, WI area, but one will hear [bE~:n] here as well time to time.
Irregularities abound in spelling and pronunciation.
"Pretty" should be written pritty but this is one of our language irregularity. Mainly the English is made of phonetical changes accepted by
the original speakers of it.
"Pretty" should be written pritty but this is one of our language irregularity. Mainly the English is made of phonetical changes accepted by
the original speakers of it.
My option to write "could" as cwaud but "queen" still queen, is for not deleting the q in a simplified spelling.
In American English words as auto, law and caught seem spelled as otto, la, and cot. In most case British say au or aw almost as in French, no existing ah for au or aw. So that's why I think "should, would, and could" sound (shwaud, wwaud, cwaud) in R.P, but (shuud, wuud, cuud) in A.P.
I'm not the Christ to change the English orthography. If Christ went to change it he'd get crazy probably. It's a sense joke!
In American English words as auto, law and caught seem spelled as otto, la, and cot. In most case British say au or aw almost as in French, no existing ah for au or aw. So that's why I think "should, would, and could" sound (shwaud, wwaud, cwaud) in R.P, but (shuud, wuud, cuud) in A.P.
I'm not the Christ to change the English orthography. If Christ went to change it he'd get crazy probably. It's a sense joke!