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But sometimes in NYC, you might get the "toid" for free.
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| #19 (permalink) Sat Mar 29, 2008 17:58 pm pronunciation of 'either' |
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| Ralf wrote: |
| Eether or ayether, but mostly eether. |
My British Oxford dictionary gives a third pronunciation of the first diphthong that's not listed in US dictionaries: [ʌɪðə] |
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| #20 (permalink) Sat Mar 29, 2008 18:45 pm pronunciation of 'either' |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| Ralf wrote: |
| Eether or ayether, but mostly eether. |
My British Oxford dictionary gives a third pronunciation of the first diphthong that's not listed in US dictionaries: [ʌɪðə] |
Hey Jamie, my browser doesn't support these "ʌɪðə" symbols/sound representations. Could you describe them?
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| #21 (permalink) Sat Mar 29, 2008 19:40 pm pronunciation of 'either' |
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| Ralf wrote: |
| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| Ralf wrote: |
| Eether or ayether, but mostly eether. |
My British Oxford dictionary gives a third pronunciation of the first diphthong that's not listed in US dictionaries: [ʌɪðə] |
Hey Jamie, my browser doesn't support these "ʌɪðə" symbols/sound representations. Could you describe them? |
[uhy+thuh]
Which browser are you using? Maybe we can work on an improvement. |
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| #23 (permalink) Sat Mar 29, 2008 19:47 pm pronunciation of 'either' |
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| Safari's good too, and it's available for Windows now. |
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| #24 (permalink) Sat Mar 29, 2008 23:22 pm pronunciation of 'either' |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| Safari's good too, and it's available for Windows now. |
Hi, thanks for the suggestions. I was at a friend's and used his IE. It works fine on my Firefox now.
So the 3 Oxford variants are [ʌɪðə], [aɪðɚ] and [i:ðɚ], aye?
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