S san2612 Member Joined Jun 9, 2009 Member Type Academic Native Language Vietnamese Home Country Vietnam Current Location Vietnam Jan 30, 2010 #1 How to pronoun the word "war"?
W Williamyh Member Joined Nov 23, 2009 Member Type Other Jan 30, 2010 #2 san2612 said: How to pronoun the word "war"? Click to expand... First of all, you should use "pronounce", not "pronoun", they have different meanings. war [FONT="][FONT="] British English Pronunciation - wɔː [FONT="]American English Pronunciation - wɔːr[/FONT] [/FONT] [/FONT]
san2612 said: How to pronoun the word "war"? Click to expand... First of all, you should use "pronounce", not "pronoun", they have different meanings. war [FONT="][FONT="] British English Pronunciation - wɔː [FONT="]American English Pronunciation - wɔːr[/FONT] [/FONT] [/FONT]
S Sohrab Khan Member Joined Nov 23, 2009 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Pashto, Pushto Home Country Pakistan Current Location Saudi Arabia Feb 7, 2010 #3 Hi, 'War' is pronounced like 'walk' , 'four' , 'bored' etc. The phonitic transcription is as under; War = / [FONT="]wɔː(r)/ Thanks [/FONT]
Hi, 'War' is pronounced like 'walk' , 'four' , 'bored' etc. The phonitic transcription is as under; War = / [FONT="]wɔː(r)/ Thanks [/FONT]
S san2612 Member Thread starter Joined Jun 9, 2009 Member Type Academic Native Language Vietnamese Home Country Vietnam Current Location Vietnam Feb 8, 2010 #4 Thanks very much, How to pronounce this word quickly? Is "war" pronounced like "wore"?
R raindoctor Member Joined Oct 18, 2009 Member Type Other Native Language Swahili Home Country Kenya Current Location United States Feb 8, 2010 #5 Sohrab Khan said: Hi, 'War' is pronounced like 'walk' , 'four' , 'bored' etc. The phonitic transcription is as under; War = / [FONT="]wɔː(r)/ Thanks [/FONT] Click to expand... walk is not pronounced that way: /ˈwɑ:k/
Sohrab Khan said: Hi, 'War' is pronounced like 'walk' , 'four' , 'bored' etc. The phonitic transcription is as under; War = / [FONT="]wɔː(r)/ Thanks [/FONT] Click to expand... walk is not pronounced that way: /ˈwɑ:k/
L Linguist__ Senior Member Joined Dec 11, 2009 Member Type Student or Learner Feb 8, 2010 #6 raindoctor said: walk is not pronounced that way: /ˈwɑ:k/ Click to expand... In 'British' dictionaries, or a dictionary which gives RP pronunciation, they will also give /'wɔ:k/ as an example.
raindoctor said: walk is not pronounced that way: /ˈwɑ:k/ Click to expand... In 'British' dictionaries, or a dictionary which gives RP pronunciation, they will also give /'wɔ:k/ as an example.