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Outsmart Everyone with Clear Pronunciations. Thank Me Later! by mediaX(m): 6:47am On Jul 02, 2019 |
#Lesson 2 No worries okay, you probably have heard these words before, just in a much different pronunciation or rendition however... So I would be sharing a very important technique in queens phonetics, called Elision. Those of us who like to ' foné ' come and learn o Elision simply means "reducing syllables of a word" - a very common technique in British phonetics (but not all that common in the everyday American spoken english). As shown below, the vowels in round brackets are elided (deleted), so don't pronounce them. Here's what I mean: "Reducing three syllables to two" Dang(e)rous ---- dain'j ross (not "den jor ross" ) Rig(o)rous ---- rig ross Vig(o)rous ---- vig ross Prosp(e)rous ---- prosp ross Glam(o)rous ----- glam ross Cantank(e)rous ---- kan tan kross "Reducing four syllables to three" Mem(o)rable --- mem ray bool (not "meh mor ray bool" ) Fav(ou)rable ---- fave ray bool Comf(or)table ---- comf tay bool Sav(ou)rable ----- save ray bool Comp(a)rable ---- comp ray bool Mot(o)rable ---- moht ray bool "Reducing words ending with (......oring)" *from three syllables to two Spons(o)ring ---- sponze rin (not "spon sor rin" ) Cens(o)ring ---- sence rin Ment(o)ring ---- menť rin Past(o)ring ---- pasť rin Tut(o)ring ---- chewť rin Fact(o)ring ---- facť rin Sect(o)ring ---- sekť rin "Reducing words ending with (......ouring)" Flav(ou)ring ---- flave rin (not "flay vor rin" ) Flav(ou)ry ---- flave ri Disfav(ou)ring ---- dis fave rin Sav(ou)ry ---- save ri Unsav(ou)ry ----- on save ri Sav(ou)ring ---- save rin Endeav(ou)ring ---- en dev rin "Reducing words ending with (........ate)" Elab(o)rate ---- ee la brayt (not "er la bor rayt" ) Choc(o)late ---- chuck layt Dec(o)rate ---- dek rayt Discons(o)late ---- dis conz layt Elect(o)rate ---- ee lekť rayt Cons(o)lation ---- conz lay shun Num(e)rate ---- n'uym rayt Protect(o)rate ---- pro tekť rayt Conglom(e)rate ---- con gloam rayt Confed(e)rate ---- con fej rayt Desp(e)rate ---- desp rayt Cons(u)late officer ---- konz layt "Reducing words ending with (......sonal)" Pers(o)nal ---- pes nall (not "peh si nal" ) Interpers(o)nal ---- in teh pes nall Non-pers(o)nal ---- non•pes nall Personally ---- pes nall li (not "peh si nah li" ) Seas(o)nal ---- cease nol "Reducing words ending with (.......gory)" Categ(o)ry ---- cah ti gri (not "cah ti go ri" ) Subcateg(o)ry ---- sub cah ti gri Alleg(o)ry ---- ahh li gri Amphig(o)ry ---- am fi gri Phantasmag(o)ry ---- fan tas may gri Other examples of elision Mem(o)ry ---- mem ri Fam(i)ly ---- fam li Lit(e)rally ---- li tra li Norm(a)lly ---- norm li Prob(a)bly ---- prob li Perj(u)ry ---- pej ri Inj(u)ry ---- Inj ri Febr(ua)ry ---- feb ri Cam(e)ra ---- cam raa Strawb(e)rry ---- strawb ri Prep(a)ratory ---- prep ray tri Collab(o)ration ---- co lab ray shun Org(a)nisation ---- org ni za shun The alternate American/Canadian/Australian pronunciations to these words are equally correct, but for the sake of this discourse, we restrict our focus to Queens pronunciations (British). I hope you learned something useful. Feel free to make contributions. I'm a public speaker, uplifting writer and social influencer, follow me on insta: http://instagram/hilzvoice |
Re: Outsmart Everyone with Clear Pronunciations. Thank Me Later! by mediaX(m): 8:51pm On Jul 02, 2019 |
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