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Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Phonetikkks: 11:40pm On Jul 16, 2015 |
No worries okay, you probably have heard them before. So, I would be sharing a very important technique in queens phonetics, called Elision. Elision simply means "reducing syllables of a word" - a very common technique in British phonetics (but not as common in the American). 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 Clang(o)rous ----- clang ross "Reducing four syllables to three" Mem(o)rable ---- mem 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 ---- sponce 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 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 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 "Reducing words ending with (......sonal)" Pers(o)nal ---- pes nol Interpers(o)nal ---- in teh pes nol Non-pers(o)nal ---- non•pes nol Seas(o)nal ---- cease nol "Reducing words ending with (.......gory)" Categ(o)ry ---- cah ti gri 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 pronunciations to these words are equally correct, but for the sake of this discuss, we limit our focus to Queens pronunciations (British). I hope you learned something useful. Feel free to make contributions. God bless, and have a good night! *Follow "phonetikkks" for more lessons. Can check my previous threads as well... https://www.nairaland.com/2454505/speak-correct-english-all-toothpaste https://www.nairaland.com/2450443/fine-madam-oga-why-bad 8 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Mathewa(m): 11:42pm On Jul 16, 2015 |
ok |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Nobody: 11:43pm On Jul 16, 2015 |
Great orals |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by angieberry(f): 12:21am On Jul 17, 2015 |
^^^^^^ Great oralks indeed 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Phonetikkks: 9:47am On Jul 17, 2015 |
Freemanan: Lol thanks. |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Nobody: 10:11am On Jul 17, 2015 |
Following you bumper to bumper |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Phonetikkks: 12:39pm On Jul 17, 2015 |
Adufetohposh: Nice. |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Phonetikkks: 8:37am On Jul 18, 2015 |
angieberry: Lol |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by kurlarday: 10:03am On Jul 18, 2015 |
Helpful. |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by cococandy(f): 10:25am On Jul 18, 2015 |
Phonetikks, is the queen paying you to teach us English? 1 Like |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by juman(m): 11:02am On Jul 18, 2015 |
Interesting. 1 Like |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Phonetikkks: 12:47pm On Jul 18, 2015 |
cococandy: Lol only if she can afford me |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by damesilver(m): 11:55am On Jul 20, 2015 |
The alternate American pronunciations to these words are equally correct, but for the sake of this discuss, we limit our focus to Queens pronunciations (British). I hope you learned something useful. Feel free to make contributions. God bless, and have a good night! *Follow "phonetikkks" for more lessons. Can check my previous threads as well... ht/fine-madam-oga-why-bad[/quote][/b] m-oga-why-bad[/quote] I appreciate the good work the OP has started here, and your humble disposition to corrections from sincere contributors. No one knows too much to learn anew. Please don't mind my asking for clarification here. In the above quoted text of yours, should it be ''....but for the sake of this discuss or discourse?'' I also observed that the bracketed letters are vowels; can this be taken into cognizance which may help us in pronouncing others words of same lexical rhythm? Thank you. |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Phonetikkks: 3:59pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
damesilver: You are correct, "discourse" is actually what I meant but my phone keeps auto-correcting words. Thanks for calling my attention. On the vowels in bracket: If you are familiar with English rules then you would realise that some rules only apply to certain words (context), hence "generalising" wouldn't always suffice. Although "elision" applies to many other words (that share similar format as those enlisted ìn main post), there still would be rule benders/exceptions. So, elision does follow a "rhythm" but not in every case. |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by damesilver(m): 11:07pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
Thanks. Could you please recommend books that teach more on this subject! And if you've written any unpublished material as well, I wouldn't mind exploring them. |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by veave(f): 3:37am On Jul 21, 2015 |
Thanks honey. Very e(j)-cay-tive Hope I got it right. |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by deewhone(f): 5:16am On Jul 21, 2015 |
Educating...but saying these in public, jst 2 find people lookn @ each other, thinkn you are wrong |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Phonetikkks: 7:45am On Jul 21, 2015 |
deewhone: Well that's their problem, not yours. Ignorant people always think they are right, but it's only because they know nothing. Stay informed and thank me later. |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Phonetikkks: 7:48am On Jul 21, 2015 |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Akposb(m): 7:53am On Jul 21, 2015 |
Well done Op. |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by pretydiva(f): 8:41am On Jul 21, 2015 |
Nice 1 op. Dis will go a long way 2 help me. Cos I luv phonetics alot |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Houseofglam7(f): 9:18am On Jul 21, 2015 |
Still looking for the 'applause ' emoticon I need to clap for you na |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by veave(f): 9:35am On Jul 21, 2015 |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Phonetikkks: 11:19pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
pretydiva: You welcome anytime. |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Phonetikkks: 11:20pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
Akposb: Thanks. |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Phonetikkks: 11:20pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
Houseofglam7: Lol....Thanks. 1 Like |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Phonetikkks: 7:54pm On Nov 06, 2015 |
Hope this thread has been helpful... |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by JustOzito(f): 9:26pm On Nov 06, 2015 |
Phonetikkks:It was really helpful... Tnks for sharing |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by babyfaceafrica: 11:21pm On Jan 31, 2016 |
Are u a linguist? |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Phonetikkks: 7:27am On Feb 01, 2016 |
babyfaceafrica: Not quite. More a lover of correct spoken English. |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by babyfaceafrica: 7:30am On Feb 01, 2016 |
Phonetikkks:I am one....I love your topics,I would appreciate if you could post more....nice one!!! |
Re: Pronunciations You've Not Heard Before by Phonetikkks: 7:40am On Feb 01, 2016 |
babyfaceafrica: Thanks for complimenting. Do you follow me? Follow 'phonetikkks' for updates. |
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