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How to pronounce "months"?

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oristarA
 
Reply Wed 3 Feb, 2010 07:20 am


[mʌnθs] or [mʌnðz] ?
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Brandon9000
 
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Reply Wed 3 Feb, 2010 07:28 am
I don't recognize those symbols, at least not in this context. What are they?
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oristarA
 
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Reply Wed 3 Feb, 2010 07:34 am
"ʌ" cannot be displayed properly on this site. It is like ＾
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oristarA
 
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Reply Wed 3 Feb, 2010 07:35 am
Those are international phonetic symbols
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Joe Nation
 
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Reply Wed 3 Feb, 2010 09:02 am
months rhymes with once, dunce, hunts, bunts

Isn't English an odd enterprise?
oristarA
 
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Reply Wed 3 Feb, 2010 09:04 am
@Joe Nation,
Thank you Joe.

Would any one like to use international phonetic symbols here?
McTag
 
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Reply Wed 3 Feb, 2010 09:23 am
@Joe Nation,

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months rhymes with once, dunce, hunts, bunts


No it bloody well doesn't.

Nearly, I suppose. But not k-wite.
Francis
 
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Reply Wed 3 Feb, 2010 09:26 am
@oristarA,
Sure.

Months should be mʌnθs according to IPA..
parados
 
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Reply Wed 3 Feb, 2010 10:04 am
@oristarA,
I would suggest this

mʌnðz

since it seems to be the lighter "th" sound


but from the standpoint of the American ear you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the 2 and many would use Joe's version without a "th" sound at all.

mʌnz

OCCOM BILL
 
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Reply Wed 3 Feb, 2010 10:13 am
@oristarA,
Click HERE, then click on the little speaker symbol to listen.
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sullyfish6
 
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Reply Wed 3 Feb, 2010 10:50 am
muntz
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oristarA
 
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Reply Thu 4 Feb, 2010 01:40 am
@McTag,
K-wite?
oristarA
 
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Reply Thu 4 Feb, 2010 01:41 am
@Francis,
Good.
Thank you.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Thu 4 Feb, 2010 01:42 am
@parados,
Joe's idea: mʌns? ? ?
McTag
 
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Reply Thu 4 Feb, 2010 02:31 am
@oristarA,

Quote:
K-wite?


It was an attempt to get near to Joe Nation's effort with homonyms.

I nearly managed it, but not quite.
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oolongteasup
 
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Reply Thu 4 Feb, 2010 03:28 am
@oristarA,
as one with a lisp pronounces cunths
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parados
 
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Reply Thu 4 Feb, 2010 07:53 am
@oristarA,
Yes, some people are lazy in their speaking and wouldn't pronounce the "th" sound. Dialects pronounce different words differently.
Francis
 
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Reply Thu 4 Feb, 2010 08:07 am
@parados,
Parados wrote:
Dialects pronounce different words differently.


A sentence subject to nitpicking..

Obviously different words are pronounced differently..

Even same words are pronounced differently...
ehBeth
 
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Reply Thu 4 Feb, 2010 08:10 am
@Joe Nation,
Joe Nation wrote:
months rhymes with once, dunce, hunts, bunts


I'm going to have to pay better attention to your accent.
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parados
 
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Reply Thu 4 Feb, 2010 08:23 am
@Francis,
Embarrassed


Laughing
Yeah..

But some dialects pronounce different words the same.











an example would be where "are" and "our" are pronounced the same.
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