How to pronounce the word "budget"?

[Rfaleet]

Is the letter "d" in the word "budget" silent or should I pronounce it?
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[Mister Micawber]

'Dg' here is a diphthong which is pronounced like a soft 'g' with a bit of a /d/ sound at the beginning: /dz/.
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[Natasha81]

N.B. Diphthong is a complex speech sound or glide that begins with one vowel and gradually changes to another vowel within the same syllable, as (oi) in boil or (ai) in fine.(Online dictionary definition)

So, "DG" can't be possibly a diphthong, but a combination of two consonants.

[Mister Micawber]

Yes, I know a phonetician's diphthongs are just vowel sounds-- I'm just trying to give Rfaleet an idea of how these sounds go together in a non-linguistic way.
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[Rfaleet]

[Mister Micawber]

Yes, that's right. The /d/ sound is nestled up close to the following sound of the soft 'g', so that the sound in 'budget' sounds almost the same as the sound in 'project', but just a bit harder at the beginning of it.
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[Kitosdad]

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Forget the fancy explanations. Just say it.
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[EndlessHope]

[Mister Micawber]

[Kitosdad]

Mr. M. At least he heard it like an ENGLISHMAN says it.

Why don't you speak up instead of hiding behind your diphthongs.?
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[BrianL]

Henceforth, I pledge to say it like this.

[Mister Micawber]

You have just lost a supporter, Kitosdad.
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[Kitosdad]

"You have just lost a supporter, Kitosdad."

Good morning Mr. Micawber, whatever for? I wasn't being nasty.

I simply stated that the guy would be better off hearing the word than trying to read and understand two people's oral explanation of how a word should be pronounced.

You obviously heard my pronunciation with your head-set.

Why didn't you record the word? I'm sure he would have benefited far more to hear it said than read about it.

Kitos.
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[Mister Micawber]

[Kitosdad]

but it is from a very limited area of the world indeed.

Nevertheless you pompous ass, it is ENGLAND.

"I myself think that inflicting one's own accent on learners here, when you don't know how it meshes with the English they already speak, leaves them open to ridicule or incomprehensibility."

So how do you teach your pupils, with pretty pictures or sign language?

As for your support, I have never once spoken to you, so where do you play a supporting role in my miserable existence?
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