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Liza
How do you prunounce "suit"? Dictionaries give the transcription [sjuːt], but...
...but in real speech it sounds [su'it], as I hear. Could you clarify?
Thanks)
21 de abr de 2011 05:41
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Both are correct. The "sjuːt" pronunciation is more common in the UK, but the "j" (it's called a yod!) is very subtle.
If you use this pronunciation, it follows you should use the other pronunciations which may stylistically adapt the "ju" sound instead of the "u" sound.
21 de abril de 2011
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Speaking as a native British English speaker, the [sjut] pronunciation is old-fashioned to the point of being comical (I would say it if I was imitating an aristocrat or something). Modern English favours almost exclusively "soot".
21 de abril de 2011
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There is an on-going sound change (Yod-dropping(yod-dropping is the elision of the sound [j])) by which /j/ as the final consonant in a cluster is being lost. In Received Pronunciation, words with /sj/ and /lj/ can usually be pronounced with or without this sound, e.g., [su?t] or [sju?t]. For some speakers of English, including some British speakers, the sound change is more advanced and so, for example, in General American /j/ is also not present after /n/, /l/, /s/, /z/, /?/, /t/ and /d/.
21 de abril de 2011
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Liza
Habilidades linguísticas
Inglês, Russo
Idioma de aprendizado
Inglês
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