American prononciation of AUTO-* words
According to Oxford dictionary and some books about US prononciation, there's told AUTO should be spelled like "ote". FOr instance, autobiography - "ote-baiagregi", automovile - "ote-mebile". But, when I started to watch youtube, I found that all of vide blogger spell "Ato" instead of "Ote". Please advise.

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"when I started to watch youtube, I found that all of vide blogger spell "Ato" instead of "Ote". Please advise"

You saw Americans spell it this way? I don't think so.

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The first vowel ("au") is approximately the same sound that I use when I try to say the first "o" in Хорошо.  It's a lazy-ish "o"  moving toward an "a."
The second vowel (the "o" after the "t") is an "o," when I'm saying the word slowly or carefully or enunciating clearly.  It's a schwa sound when I'm speaking quickly.

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I can not help you in this regard. I do not know why this is. Perhaps language has evolved over time.

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It helps a bit but could you please clarify why almost all dictionaries describe the word ( autobiography) as "Ote-*" ? I'm confused that people spell it as Ato instead of Ote

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If you combined the words "awe" and "toe" you would get how I say the word "auto". Or perhaps I should say I pronounce "auto" as "ahtoe". Let me know if this helps.

لا تفوّت فرصة تعلّم لغة جديدة وأنت مرتاح في منزلك. تصفّح مجموعتنا المختارة من مدرّسي اللغات ذوي الخبرة وسجّل في درسك الأول الآن!