Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Pronunciation of picture?
Should you pronounce it 'p?kt??r or 'p?k??r? Dictionaries usually recommend the former, but the latter seems to be the prevalent pronunciation in common use. Other words that have the same ending include fracture, juncture, manufacture, structure, puncture, etc.
How would you recommend pronouncing these words if 1: I’m trying to emulate American English? 2: I’m trying to emulate British English? (obviously the Rs wouldn’t be pronounced but that is a different subject)
I always try to pronounce words correctly, but I also want to avoid sounding stilted.
How would you recommend pronouncing these words if 1: I’m trying to emulate American English? 2: I’m trying to emulate British English? (obviously the Rs wouldn’t be pronounced but that is a different subject)
I always try to pronounce words correctly, but I also want to avoid sounding stilted.
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Click http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=picture&submit=Submit, and click on submit to hear it again.
It sounds like an English voice, but BE and AE differences are given (try it with 'tomato').
There is a free online pronunciation dictionary which gives BE a
It sounds like an English voice, but BE and AE differences are given (try it with 'tomato').
There is a free online pronunciation dictionary which gives BE a
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Rover has supplied a fine answer to the question.
As an AmE speaker who is already up and well caffeinated, I can say that in the US many words are pronounced differently depending upon where you are from. In the New England states, for example, tomato is often pronounced as tomahto.
Ira and George Gershwin wrote an amusing song highlighting how people from different places in the US prono
As an AmE speaker who is already up and well caffeinated, I can say that in the US many words are pronounced differently depending upon where you are from. In the New England states, for example, tomato is often pronounced as tomahto.
Ira and George Gershwin wrote an amusing song highlighting how people from different places in the US prono
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Thank you.
These are all good answers, but what I specifically want to know is whether the t is pronounced in words that end in -kt??r and if there are any regional variation. Does the 'p?k??r (PICK-sher) pronunciation without the t sound uneducated?
These are all good answers, but what I specifically want to know is whether the t is pronounced in words that end in -kt??r and if there are any regional variation. Does the 'p?k??r (PICK-sher) pronunciation without the t sound uneducated?
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I've found it:
There is a free online pronunciation dictionary which gives BE and AE side by side, but I can't find it.
It's HERE.
Rover
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Anonymous'p?kt??r or 'p?k??r?I recommend only the first in any variety of English.
I shouldn't say so, but the second pronunciation just grates on my nerves! To my ear it sounds uneducated and sloppy - I suppose because the only people I've ever heard say it that way were uneducated and sloppy.
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Thanks, that answers my question. The pronunciation guide in the previous message has, however, an American pronunciation that sounds like 'p?k??r to my ear. Is it a sloppily made pronunciation guide, or is it just my ear that isn't fine tuned enough? In the British Pronunciation the t-sound is clear.
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I'd say that they're both pretty accurate. This is just my sloppy old opinion, however. Note that really sloppy AmE is ['pit??r].
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Thanks. But what I'm still wondering is whether there is a weak t-sound in the GenAm pronunciation of picture in this link or not?
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/picture
The pronunciation that I, at least think I, most often hear in American TV-sho
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/picture
The pronunciation that I, at least think I, most often hear in American TV-sho
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