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I'll vouch for the AmE pronunciation.
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:53 am pronuncation of Monday |
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Hey,
What's 'schwa'? |
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:45 am pronuncation of Monday |
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"The mid-central, neutral vowel sound typically occurring in unstressed syllables in English, however spelled, as the sound of a in alone and sofa, e in system, i in easily, o in gallop, u in circus".
It is usually represented by an upside-down 'e'.
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 17:39 pm pronuncation of Monday |
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| Torsten wrote: |
| Hi, are there different ways of pronouncing the word "Monday"? It seems that the British version has a schwa at the end while the Americans pronounce is as 'mʌndeɪ. |
Some people say [mʌndei], and some people say [mʌndi]. It doesn't seem to matter which country you live in, and you can see the variation even within the same household. Both my US and UK dictionaries give [mʌndei] as the primary pronunciation and [mʌndi] as the secondary one.
Using a schwa at the end would sound sloppy to me. |
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| #6 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 18:14 pm pronuncation of Monday |
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| And some say "mandi". Aussies? South Africans? |
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