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Ask questions or just talk about different languages. Since BrainKing is an international game site supporting many languages, this board can be kind of useful.

Since we will be dealing with pronunciation of words rather than their spelling, I think it's useful to have a link to The sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet.


To see translations of some frequently used phrases and sentences in other languages see Languages


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16. април 2006, 17:58:59
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Walter: Maybe it's not a bad idea to write congratulations with a D after all.

Take the word incredulous for example. Oxford Dictionary says it's to be pronounced /in'kredjeles/ with a Y sound as in 'Yes.' But it also says that the U.S. pronunciation doesn't have a Y sound, but a J (as in Jam) sound.

I know that whenever the sound /d/ and /j/ (it's not J as in Jam, but Y as in yes) come together, the sound /d3/ is pronounced. So if you read congratulations with a /d3/ sound, you have to change the spelling too. or, if you want to keep the spelling, you have to change the pronunciation!

About are and our, I have no trouble because I pronounce are /a:r/ and our, /aue/. But I know they both can be pronounced /a:r/.

Same is true about our and hour. They have the exact same pronunciation. But according to the context they're used in, one can tell which one is meant.

Oh, and no one answered my question regarding syllable divisions. How do I understand if it is /prog.ram/ or /pro.gram/ ?

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