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How do you pronounce the word 'interesting?
I've already heard native speakers pronouncing this word with four syllables: /In-te-res-ting/. However, I've heard from a Canadian teacher that this word has only three syllables: /in-tres-ting/. So, how is it really pronounced? Or are both pronunciations correct?
2019년 5월 8일 오전 11:24
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Both are OK, but "in-truh-steen" is much more common. This is an example of something called "R-metathesis", where the sound "R" often moves to a different position in a word. One part of R-metathesis is that if the syllable before "r" is "uh", we will move the "r" in front of it and say "ruh".
Two more words where we do this:
comfortable= kumf-turr-bull
temperature= temp-ruh-churr
You can also see R-metathesis in the way "three" becomes thirty, third, and thirteen.
Some examples of r-metathesis are nonstandard, but still very common. For many natives, pretty-->"purdy", professional-->"purrfeshuhnul", introduce-->"inturrdoos". I would recommend avoiding the pronunciations in this paragraph, but you will hear natives using them quite often.
2019년 5월 8일
As Michael said, both are correct. I use both, depending on the emphasis, and possibly on the sentence rhythm.
2019년 5월 8일
Thank you, Chris!
2019년 5월 8일
Thank you, Chris!
2019년 5월 8일
Both pronunciations are accepted in North America.
New Oxford American Dictionary
interesting | ˈɪnt(ə)rəstɪŋ |
adjective
As a related note, an unstressed middle vowel of three vowels often disappears.
family => fam_ly
every => ev_ry
interesting => int_resting
2019년 5월 8일
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