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Re: The How do you Pronounce X Thread

Postby Gormur » 2020-06-29, 17:57

I learned how to distinguish cot and caught or I guess you could say I learned how to produce another vowel quality

It's weird because I can only do it when the other person does it. If I'm reading and think about it I can produce that vowel as well. I'm like a vacuum of knowledge :lol: :)

I was curious how it looked on paper though so this helps me figure it out :hmm:
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Re: The How do you Pronounce X Thread

Postby tomari » 2020-08-04, 6:22

OldBoring wrote:Usually, English [ɒ] sounds like [ɔ] to me, while [ɑ] sounds like [a] pronounced more open to me.
While English [ɔ] sounds like [o] to me.

Yeah, English /ɔ/ is way more close/rounded than the transcription suggests, at least in England and Australia (though there are exceptions in the UK, there are regions where it's an open vowel without much rounding).

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Postby Rí.na.dTeangacha » 2021-05-12, 12:46

Am I the only one who pronounces "assignee" as /asɪg'n:i:/ rather than /asai'ni:/ ? I pronounce all related words ( "assign", "assignment" etc... ) with the /ai/ diphthong, but I've always thought "assignee" was an exception. But now I'm hearing and seeing everyone say /asai'ni:/.
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Re: The How do you Pronounce X Thread

Postby Linguaphile » 2021-05-12, 13:48

Rí.na.dTeangacha wrote:Am I the only one who pronounces "assignee" as /asɪg'n:i:/ rather than /asai'ni:/ ? I pronounce all related words ( "assign", "assignment" etc... ) with the /ai/ diphthong, but I've always thought "assignee" was an exception. But now I'm hearing and seeing everyone say /asai'ni:/.

I say /əsaɪ'ni:/, but we do say /dɛzɪɡ'ni:/ for "designee" so there's certainly a lot of logic to your pronunciation. "Assign" and "design" are pronounced with the same ending but "designee" comes from "designate", which has a different sound, so "assignee" and "designee" do not rhyme. It's a great example of how English can be strange.

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Postby Rí.na.dTeangacha » 2021-05-12, 14:24

Linguaphile wrote:I say /əsaɪ'ni:/, but we do say /dɛzɪɡ'ni:/ for "designee" so there's certainly a lot of logic to your pronunciation. "Assign" and "design" are pronounced with the same ending but "designee" comes from "designate", which has a different sound, so "assignee" and "designee" do not rhyme. It's a great example of how English can be strange.


I'm wondering where my pronunciation comes from now though. I don't think it's a spelling pronunciation (or at least, not on my part), as I've always known that it was spelled in accordance with its relationship to the word "assign", I literally thought of it as a quirky exception, but it seems there is no actual exception other than one I imagined (or perhaps internalised from someone else who did actually mispronounce it based on the spelling).
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Re: The How do you Pronounce X Thread

Postby Linguaphile » 2021-05-12, 14:38

Rí.na.dTeangacha wrote:
Linguaphile wrote:I say /əsaɪ'ni:/, but we do say /dɛzɪɡ'ni:/ for "designee" so there's certainly a lot of logic to your pronunciation. "Assign" and "design" are pronounced with the same ending but "designee" comes from "designate", which has a different sound, so "assignee" and "designee" do not rhyme. It's a great example of how English can be strange.


I'm wondering where my pronunciation comes from now though. I don't think it's a spelling pronunciation (or at least, not on my part), as I've always known that it was spelled in accordance with its relationship to the word "assign", I literally thought of it as a quirky exception, but it seems there is no actual exception other than one I imagined (or perhaps internalised from someone else who did actually mispronounce it based on the spelling).

I figured it was probably by analogy with "designee". I guess that would make it a "spelling pronunciation" but I could see it coming from comparison with the other word, even subconsciously, rather than technically from the spelling. I mean in addition to spelling the words "designee" and "assignee" even have similar meanings so it would really make sense to expect them to have similar pronunciations. Not saying that was necessarily true in your case but it was my first thought when I saw your post.

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Postby Dormouse559 » 2021-05-12, 14:54

Linguaphile wrote:
Rí.na.dTeangacha wrote:I'm wondering where my pronunciation comes from now though. I don't think it's a spelling pronunciation (or at least, not on my part), as I've always known that it was spelled in accordance with its relationship to the word "assign", I literally thought of it as a quirky exception, but it seems there is no actual exception other than one I imagined (or perhaps internalised from someone else who did actually mispronounce it based on the spelling).

I figured it was probably by analogy with "designee". I guess that would make it a "spelling pronunciation" but I could see it coming from comparison with the other word, even subconsciously, rather than technically from the spelling. I mean in addition to spelling the words "designee" and "assignee" even have similar meanings so it would really make sense to expect them to have similar pronunciations. Not saying that was necessarily true in your case but it was my first thought when I saw your post.

There is also "assignation". Interestingly, Merriam-Webster and Oxford list /ˌæsəˈniː/ or /ˌæsɪˈniː/ (no /g/) first in their pronunciations. I feel as if I may be more likely to say /əˌsaɪ̯ˈniː/. But /ˌæsɪgˈniː/ would probably cross my mind, and I'd accept the pronunciation if someone else used it.
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Re: The How do you Pronounce X Thread

Postby mōdgethanc » 2021-08-06, 5:05

OldBoring wrote:Those o-like vowels are confusing as hell to me...
Usually, English [ɒ] sounds like [ɔ] to me, while [ɑ] sounds like [a] pronounced more open to me.
While English [ɔ] sounds like [o] to me.
I've read that the Italian sounds of <o>, that is [ɔ] and [o], are more open that their English counterparts.
The way we transcribe vowels in British English is out of date, that's why. The vowel [ɔ] in some other languages like Vietnamese often sounds like the British "[ɒ]" to me as well. [o] (not diphthongized) sounds like British "[ɔ]".

As for [ɑ] and [a], they sound more or less the same to me, as long as the [a] is central. A front [a] sounds like [æ] to me.
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