Do "word" and "ward" sound equal?
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Do "word" and "ward" sound equal?
No. Click the red speaker at each of these links and you'll hear the difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Оля
word: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/word
ward: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ward
Oh, now I see the difference. Thanks Ken.
Is this pronunciation standart both for AE and for BE?
No. The pronunciation is radically different for BE (what you hear is AmE). BE has some unusual treatment of the /r/. Of course, if I were a Brit, I would be saying that AmE has some unusual treatment of the /r/. The only thing "standard" is that the two words sound different in both languages.Quote:
Originally Posted by Оля
Thanks chaika!
Actually... well... actually... BE interests me much more than AE... Now... :oops:
BrE and AmE might treat the [r] differently, but 'word' and 'ward' are pronounced differently in both, that is, in neither dialect would 'word' and 'ward' sound the same.
Paradoxically, 'ward' has the [o] vowel sound, and 'word' doesn't.
Thanks to Mr. Rickman, да? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Оля
Olya and Alan sittin' in a tree,Quote:
Originally Posted by xRoosterx
Kay aye ess ess aye en gee
:lol: :P
Замечательная дразнилка!Quote:
Originally Posted by Matroskin Kot
(Нет, Олечка, я не в смысле того, что вы там на дереве сидите, просто это английский вариант для русского: )
Тили-тили-тесто
Жених и невеста.
Эээ... Мммммм... Но как вы все догадались??? :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :lol:
What?! :mrgreen:
Matroskin, you have my kudo!
...unless you honestly only have one kudo to spare. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rtyom
Ясно, что ты влюблялся в него.Quote:
Originally Posted by Оля
Если на моей аватаре - мужчина, это еще не значит, что я "влюблялся"! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by xRoosterx
Аватара так не согласуется, а аватар да. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Оля
No singular?Quote:
Originally Posted by xRoosterx
Well, I know 'kudos' must be singular, but...
Аватар(а), in Russian, can be both female and male. Я уточняла. :P Это вопрос личных предпочтений. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rtyom
P.S. By the way:
http://www.gramota.ru/slovari/dic/?word=аватара&all=x
:lol: Да уж!Quote:
Originally Posted by Оля
Don't worry, I'll be done with it soon! I promise to wash it before giving it back. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rtyom
P.S. - Thank you. I didn't think it up, of course, but thank you. :)
P.P.S. - And, thanks Leof for posting the Russian variant. Запомню!
yes kudos is singular, but you and I are the only people in the world who know that. It is like eros, thantos, lesbos, synposis, hypothesis, parenthesis, and that whole S crowd from Greece.
Pah, lesbos is the plural of 'lesbo', which is a slang term for a lesbian :)
Well, I still have some questions about the pronunciation of "word". I can't get the sound :)
Can one say that this -ord sounds like -ird in bird?
Yes, as well as "third", "curd" and "turd" for that matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Оля
At least it does when I say them.
those words all sound the same on this side of the pond as well. The vowel part, that is.
Oh, how clever I am. :D
Thanks guys!