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How do you pronounce 'direct'?
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How do you pronounce 'direct'? #1 (permalink) Sun Feb 01, 2009 0:19 am   How do you pronounce 'direct'?
 

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How do you pronounce direct? Is it direct [aɪ] or direct (with a shaw)?

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How do you pronounce 'direct'? #2 (permalink) Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:06 am   How do you pronounce 'direct'?
 

American way.
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How do you pronounce 'direct'? #3 (permalink) Tue Feb 03, 2009 18:01 pm   How do you pronounce 'direct'?
 

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Hi Torsten,

It's one of those words that I would pronounce either way.

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How do you pronounce 'direct'? #4 (permalink) Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:55 am   How do you pronounce 'direct'?
 

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Hi Torsten,
In Azerbaijan we learn British english and we take this test.but in spoken language i use both of them.
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How do you pronounce 'direct'? #5 (permalink) Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:26 am   How do you pronounce 'direct'?
 

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Whereas I love American accent, I try to pronounce it like Americans, thus: "Direct"
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How do you pronounce 'direct'? #6 (permalink) Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:54 pm   How do you pronounce 'direct'?
 

hi.it sounds great in american accent.
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How do you pronounce 'direct'? #7 (permalink) Tue Nov 24, 2009 13:59 pm   How do you pronounce 'direct'?
 

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In either way it sounds good to me but maybe [ai] is better
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How do you pronounce 'direct'? #8 (permalink) Tue Nov 24, 2009 14:38 pm   How do you pronounce 'direct'?
 

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I always remind my pupils there are two ways of pronouncing this word.
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