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   Help. FAQ: Audio Pronunciations. How can I hear the pronunciation of a word? The word must be in boldface and followed by a red audio icon: . Click on the audio icon and the audio pronunciation will play automatically. What hardware and software is required?

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   Many speakers will insert \ \ after \ \ when it precedes \l\. Additionally, some speakers pronounce \ \ and \i\ identically before \l\, with the result that word pairs like heel and hill are homophones. The sound pronounced in such cases may be either \ \ or \i\ as pronounced by those who distinguish the two. \ e \.

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   How is Ä pronounced?

   • In U.S. speech \\ä\\ is pronounced with little or no rounding of the lips, and it is fairly long in du-ration, especially before voiced consonants. In southern England \\ä\\ is usually accompanied by some lip rounding and is relatively short in duration. The vowel \\ \\ generally has appreciable lip rounding.

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   Should a noun be spelled pronounciation?

   • Among the various letters and emails we receive from correspondents asking for pronunciation help are a number in which pronunciation is spelled pronounciation. The confusion is understandable: the verb is pronounce, so why shouldn’t the noun be pronounciation? Both the noun and verb come ultimately from the Latin verb pronuntiare.

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   What does ä mean in English?

   • In transcription of foreign words, the symbol \\ä\\ is also used to represent IPA [a], a vowel which is generally pro-nounced farther forward in the mouth than \\ä\\ but not as far forward as \\a\\. Some speakers may also have such a vowel in words like balm which contrasts with the vowel in words like bomb.

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   Is pronunciation an intrinsic component of a DIC-tionary?

   • Pronunciation is not an intrinsic component of the dic-tionary. For some languages, such as Spanish, Swahili, and Finnish, the correspondence between orthography and pronunciation is so close that a dictionary need only spell a word correctly to indicate its pronunciation.

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