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pronuncation of Monday #1 (permalink) Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:59 am   pronuncation of Monday		  
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.

Any thoughts?
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pronuncation of Monday #2 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:25 am   pronuncation of Monday		  
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I'll vouch for the AmE pronunciation.
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pronuncation of Monday #3 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:53 am   pronuncation of Monday		  
Hey,

What's 'schwa'?
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pronuncation of Monday #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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pronuncation of Monday #5 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 17:39 pm   pronuncation of Monday		  
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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pronuncation of Monday #6 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 18:14 pm   pronuncation of Monday		  
And some say "mandi". Aussies? South Africans?
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