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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?
8 de mai de 2019 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.
8 de maio de 2019
As Michael said, both are correct. I use both, depending on the emphasis, and possibly on the sentence rhythm.
8 de maio de 2019
Thank you, Chris!
8 de maio de 2019
Thank you, Chris!
8 de maio de 2019
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
8 de maio de 2019
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