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Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:59 am
by Whimemsz
(Just a note that the "correct" pronunciation of the grammatical term "ablative" is with stress on the initial syllable, whatever phonological alternations then apply to the word in your particular idiolect)

lineage = /'lɪnijɪdʒ/ [which is weird because I'm pretty sure my brain segments that as /'lɪ.ni.jɪdʒ/, with no coda consonant after /ɪ/....(??)]
temporal = /'tɛm.pɚ.rəl/

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:56 am
by Nortaneous
bbbosborne wrote: Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:46 am how do you pronounce:
lineage
temporal
/linɨjɨdʒ/ [ˈɫɪniɪ̈dʒ]
/tempərəl/ [tʰɛmpɚɫ̩]

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:22 am
by Travis B.
lineage [ˈʟ̞ɘ̃ː(n)iːˌɘːtʃ]~[ˈɰɘ̃ː(n)iːˌɘːtʃ]
temporal [ˈtʰɜ̃ː(m)pʁ̩ːʁɯ(ː)]

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:05 pm
by anteallach
Whimemsz wrote: Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:59 am lineage = /'lɪnijɪdʒ/ [which is weird because I'm pretty sure my brain segments that as /'lɪ.ni.jɪdʒ/, with no coda consonant after /ɪ/....(??)]
I have what I think is basically the same pronunciation, but I don't perceive a /j/ there: I would transcribe it, including syllabification, as /ˈlɪn.iː.ɪdʒ/. If I try to say /ˈlɪniːjɪdʒ/ it comes out differently.

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:26 pm
by Zaarin
lineage [ˈɫɪniəʤ] (my syllabification agrees with Anteallach's: [ˈɫɪn.i.əʤ])
temporal [ˈtʰɛmpʰɹ̠ˁɫ̩]

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:55 pm
by Salmoneus
Salmoneus wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 5:26 pm Saw some spelling homework for children, and realised I pronounced something "wrong".

How does everyone pronounce "version"?
I guess I need to be more specific. I have "version" with /S/, not /Z/. Does anybody else?

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 9:30 pm
by DesEsseintes
Salmoneus wrote: Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:55 pm
Salmoneus wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 5:26 pm Saw some spelling homework for children, and realised I pronounced something "wrong".

How does everyone pronounce "version"?
I guess I need to be more specific. I have "version" with /S/, not /Z/. Does anybody else?
It’s S for me too. If I try pronouncing it with a Z, I feel like I’m hypercorrecting.

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:13 pm
by Estav
Salmoneus wrote: Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:55 pm
Salmoneus wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 5:26 pm Saw some spelling homework for children, and realised I pronounced something "wrong".

How does everyone pronounce "version"?
I guess I need to be more specific. I have "version" with /S/, not /Z/. Does anybody else?
As far as I know, /ʃ/ is usual in British English. /ʒ/ in "-rsion" words is mostly an American English thing (at least, according to Teflpedia).

Actually, I used to have an extended use of /ʒ/ even in (some) -lsion words, like revulsion and propulsion, but I consciously switched to using /lʃ/ in these words after looking them up in dictionaries and finding that /lʒ/ pronunciations typically weren't listed. I asked about them on the past board, and got mixed replies: http://www.incatena.org/viewtopic.php?f ... 5#p1124395 Some replies also talked about -rsion words like version.
lineage, temporal
For me lineage sounds fairly natural with two syllables (/ˈlɪnjɪdʒ/~/ˈlɪnjədʒ/), although I think I'd be more likely to think of it as being pronounced with three. Temporal doesn't feel natural with two syllables, although syncope would be possible in some forced context like poetry. I don't think I aspirate the /p/ (or at least, not as much as the /t/), so I'd transcribe my pronunciation as something like [ˈtʰɛmpɹ̩əɫ]. The phonetic distinction between syllabic resonants and schwa + resonant sequences is not salient to my ears, so I can't say with confidence which I use in this word.

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:28 am
by Linguoboy
Estav wrote: Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:13 pm
Salmoneus wrote: Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:55 pm
Salmoneus wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 5:26 pm Saw some spelling homework for children, and realised I pronounced something "wrong".

How does everyone pronounce "version"?
I guess I need to be more specific. I have "version" with /S/, not /Z/. Does anybody else?
As far as I know, /ʃ/ is usual in British English. /ʒ/ in "-rsion" words is mostly an American English thing (at least, according to Teflpedia).
That's funny; I remember being struck once by Frankie Boyle's pronunciation of version with /ʃ/. I thought this was part of his Scottish accent.

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:48 pm
by Travis B.
cardinal [ˈkʰɑːʁnːɯ(ː)]
carnal [ˈkʰɑ̃ːʁ̃nɯ(ː)]
midnight [ˈmɘːnˌnəe̯ʔ]
good night [ˈkʊːnˌnəe̯ʔ]
couldn't [ˈkʰʊːnː(ʔ)]~[ˈkʰʊː(ɾ)ɘ̃ʔ]
starting to [ˈsʲtʲʌʁnːəː]

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 1:52 pm
by anteallach
Estav wrote: Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:13 pm
Salmoneus wrote: Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:55 pm
Salmoneus wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 5:26 pm Saw some spelling homework for children, and realised I pronounced something "wrong".

How does everyone pronounce "version"?
I guess I need to be more specific. I have "version" with /S/, not /Z/. Does anybody else?
As far as I know, /ʃ/ is usual in British English. /ʒ/ in "-rsion" words is mostly an American English thing (at least, according to Teflpedia).

Actually, I used to have an extended use of /ʒ/ even in (some) -lsion words, like revulsion and propulsion, but I consciously switched to using /lʃ/ in these words after looking them up in dictionaries and finding that /lʒ/ pronunciations typically weren't listed. I asked about them on the past board, and got mixed replies: http://www.incatena.org/viewtopic.php?f ... 5#p1124395 Some replies also talked about -rsion words like version.
I'm familiar with both /ʃ/ and /ʒ/ in version in BrE. I tend to use /ʒ/ myself, but I'm not sure I'm consistent.

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 11:04 am
by jal
The verb "process", and the noun "process" and its plural "processes". Asking because I've always assumed it's something like [ˈpɹo.sɛs] (both verb and noun) and /ˈpɹo.sɛs.ɪs/ for the plural (at least in RP), but I just heard an American pronouncing the plural something like [ˈpɹɑ.sə.siːz] (multiple times).


JAL

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 11:42 am
by Pabappa
The stressed vowel sounds right, and I think all Americans will have that too. (Whether it's CAUGHT or COT will vary.) The final vowel is wrong, perhaps a hypercorrection to do with scientific plurals like theses

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 12:02 pm
by Salmoneus
In the UK, jal's assumption is correct.

From Americans, I've heard the version jal's just heard, but I've also heard it with pro-, I think - although that might be a hearing error triggered by monophthongisation of the GOAT vowel in some speakers? Don't know.


EDIT: also, worth pointing out there's two different verbs - the normal verb, to apply a process to, is pronounced as the noun, but the verb meaning 'to move forward' is stressed on the second syllable. However, it's rarely encountered outside of astronomy and (semi-)religious rituals, elsewhere having been replaced by 'procede'.

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:32 pm
by Zaarin
jal wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2019 11:04 am The verb "process", and the noun "process" and its plural "processes". Asking because I've always assumed it's something like [ˈpɹo.sɛs] (both verb and noun) and /ˈpɹo.sɛs.ɪs/ for the plural (at least in RP), but I just heard an American pronouncing the plural something like [ˈpɹɑ.sə.siːz] (multiple times).


JAL
I've heard processes pronounced with /-siz/ as if it were a Greek ending quite regularly in the financial sector, but never or rarely elsewhere. Most Americans do indeed have COT vowel for process in both verb and noun, though I have occasionally heard /ou/--perhaps as a hypercorrection or an affectation imitating British pronunciation.

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 11:20 pm
by bbbosborne
how do you pronounce
error
air

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 8:09 am
by Salmoneus
I pronounce it "please remove your signature, it's ugly and its size is borderline sociopathic, why must you ruin things for everybody else?"


Also, I pronounce them
/E\r@/
and
/E:/

Not actually a trill, obviously. And /E:/ may be /E:@/ or /E@/, depending.

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 12:54 pm
by Travis B.
error [ˈɛːʁʁ̩(ː)]
air [ɛ(ː)ʁ]

but:

mirror, mere [mɪ(ː)ʁ]

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 5:50 pm
by Znex
Salmoneus wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2019 8:09 am I pronounce it "please remove your signature, it's ugly and its size is borderline sociopathic, why must you ruin things for everybody else?"
Way to be subtle. :roll:

I have
error/era [e̞˞ə̯]
air [e̞ː]
mirror [mɪ˞ə̯]
mere [mɪə̯]
tomorrow [tʰəˈmɔ˞ə̯]

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:54 pm
by Travis B.
tomorrow [tʰə̃ːˈmɑːʁɵ(ː)]~[ɾə̃ːˈmɑːʁɵ(ː)]