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pronunciation of 'either' #16 (permalink) Sat Mar 29, 2008 15:59 pm   pronunciation of 'either'		  
Yankee wrote:
Ah, that sounds a bit like the TH in parts of NYC.
33 1/3 = "turdy-tree and a turd".
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Absolutely. If you buy tree sandwiches you get a turd for free Cool
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pronunciation of 'either' #17 (permalink) Sat Mar 29, 2008 16:03 pm   pronunciation of 'either'		  
But sometimes in NYC, you might get the "toid" for free.
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pronunciation of 'either' #18 (permalink) Sat Mar 29, 2008 16:11 pm   pronunciation of 'either'		  
The mint? Or an itchy toid due to effusive endocrine production of a thyroid gland Question
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pronunciation of 'either' #19 (permalink) Sat Mar 29, 2008 17:58 pm   pronunciation of 'either'		  
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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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pronunciation of 'either' #20 (permalink) Sat Mar 29, 2008 18:45 pm   pronunciation of 'either'		  
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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pronunciation of 'either' #21 (permalink) Sat Mar 29, 2008 19:40 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?

[uhy+thuh]

Which browser are you using? Maybe we can work on an improvement.
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pronunciation of 'either' #22 (permalink) Sat Mar 29, 2008 19:42 pm   pronunciation of 'either'		  
I can see the symbols all right through Firefox as well as MS Internet Explorer 7.
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pronunciation of 'either' #23 (permalink) Sat Mar 29, 2008 19:47 pm   pronunciation of 'either'		  
Safari's good too, and it's available for Windows now.
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pronunciation of 'either' #24 (permalink) Sat Mar 29, 2008 23:22 pm   pronunciation of 'either'		  
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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