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Ivy Chow
Is the word "failure" pronounced differently in British and American English?
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2022년 6월 24일 오후 1:31
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Interesting. I never noticed before, but you are correct, English speakers add an extra vowel in the middle compared to how it is spelled, and pronounce it with three syllables: fai-li-ur.
Here are examples of people pronouncing it this way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO9K7VMFo2Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVIh1MFWDVw
It seems to be the same in British and American dialects.
2022년 6월 24일
Yes. Actually the most notable difference between the two ways of pronouncing this word is the final sound: 'ure'. In British English (R.P. or S.S.B.E.) the last sound is a schwa - ˈfeɪljə (pronounced fay-li-yuh) compared with American English - ˈfeɪljər (pronounced fay-li-yerr) which ends with a rhotic 'r'. In British English words never end with a rhotic 'r' except when we're connecting the word with the next word beginning with a vowel. :)
2022년 6월 27일
Hello 👋
Every time, you have some doubts about pronunciation. You can look in the dictionary. I prefer to use the Cambridge dictionary.
failure
UK /ˈfeɪ.ljər/
US /ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
If you open this word in this dictionary and listen to it, you can clearly hear that the difference between them is that the sound /r/ is much stronger in the American variant than in the British.
2022년 6월 24일
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