The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

[Hallow XIII]

[ˈkojoːtɬ]

[Travis B.]

coyote: /kae̯ˈjoti/ > [kʰae̯ˈjoɾ̥i(ː)]

[ol bofosh]

[kʰɐɪ̯.ˈɜʉ.tʰɪɨ̯]

I think. I'm a bit confused about what's going on between the first and second syllables. Might include [j] or not, not sure.

New words:

saucepan
frying pan

[ˈsɔːs.pən]
[ˈfɹʷˠɐɪ̯.ɪŋ pʰæːn]

(again, not sure if that last one warrants a [j])

[Travis B.]

Those two are entirely straightforward for me:

saucepan: /ˈsɒsˌpɛn/ > [ˈsɒs̻ˌpʰɛ̃(ː)n]
frying pan: /ˈfrae̯əŋˌpɛn/ > [ˈfɰˤae̯ɨ̃ŋˌpʰɛ̃(ː)n]

[ol bofosh]

I've just vocarooed coyotes and frying pans:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1eVN3Z9qtCw "I like coyotes but frying pans are better."
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1biBK0blQRX "Coyotes coyotes coyotes frying pans frying pans frying pans."

See if anyone else can make out whether I have [j] or not.

[Micropterus]

saucepan
frying pan

[sɔs.pen]
[ɸɾajiŋ pen]

[Mednij]

[ˈɛks]

[Hallow XIII]

...That was almost as bad as [ˈkojoːtɬ]

[ol bofosh]

[ˈɛks]

[m6:ks D@ spQt]?

[Travis B.]

[ˈɛks]

[ɛ̃ːn ˈwʌʔts sɨs səˈpʰoːs̻ːt̻əː ˈmĩːn]

[Hallow XIII]

Are you perchance a Texan?

[Travis B.]

Are you perchance a Texan?

Why would you say that?

(I have only been in Texas once on vacation myself.)

[Pogostick Man]

Wait, what? I've only ever heard [ˈvæˌlei̯] here in the US, which doesn't stray as far from the French as what you posted.

??? I'm an American and I think I have something like ['væə̯.liɪ̯] (or maybe ['væə̯l̴.iɪ̯] or something close, depending on how I syllabify it).

I presume then that valet and valley are homophones for you?

Almost. They're stressed differently: I stress valet on the second syllable. EDIT: Wow, that was a major failure. I have [væə̯.ˈleɪ̯] or [væə̯l̴.ˈeɪ̯] for valet. The final vowels are different for me, as is the stress.

Now I'm curious, how do you say coyote because everybody I ask have a different pronunciation for it ...
As for me, I say it [kajouɾi] more or less

[kʰaɪ̯ˈoʊ̯ɾiɪ̯]

saucepan
frying pan

[ˈsɒspæ̃ə̯̃n] (though sometimes I may say it [ˈsaspæ̃ə̯̃n]; I think my /ɔ/ may be more like [ɒ])
[ˈfɹʷˤãɪ̯̃n̩ˌpʰæ̃ə̯̃n] in normal speech; [ˈfɹʷˤãɪ̯̃ĩŋˌpʰæ̃ə̯̃n] in isolation. (EDIT: Added the /ʷ/s)

[Micropterus]

[ˈɛks]

[ɛ̃ːn ˈwʌʔts sɨs səˈpʰoːs̻ːt̻əː ˈmĩːn]

[nɔ.θiŋ eĩt dɛt ɔb.βiʌs]

[Viktor77]

Ok, a guy on TV just said /"mi.TeIn/ for Methane. Who says this? What accents?

[ol bofosh]

Ok, a guy on TV just said /"mi.DeIn/ for Methane. Who says this? What accents?

RP standard I believe is /ˈmiː.θeɪn/
My pronunciation is [ˈmɪi̯.θɛ̝ɪ̯n]

Isn't is said /ˈmɛ.θeɪn/ in the US?

[Viktor77]

Ok, a guy on TV just said /"mi.TeIn/ for Methane. Who says this? What accents?

RP standard I believe is /ˈmiː.θeɪn/
My pronunciation is [ˈmɪi̯.θɛ̝ɪ̯n]

Isn't is said /ˈmɛ.θeɪn/ in the US?

Yea, I have /ˈmɛθeɪn/ [ˈmɜ.θein].

[Nortaneous]

haiku
our
fire
hike

[Travis B.]

haiku: /haɪ̯ˈkuː/, /hae̯ˈku/ > [hăĕ̯ˈkʰu(ː)], /həɪ̯ˈkuː/, /həe̯ˈku/ > [hə̆ĕ̯ˈkʰu(ː)]
our: /ˈɑr/, /ˈar/ > [ˈɑ(ː)ʁˤ], emphatically /ˈaʊ̯ər/, /ˈɑɔ̯ər/ > [ˈɑɔ̯ʁ̩ʕ(ː)]
fire: /ˈfəɪ̯ər/, /ˈfəe̯ər/ > [ˈfəe̯ʁ̩ˤ(ː)]
hike: /ˈhəɪ̯k/, /ˈhəe̯k/ > [ˈhə̆ĕ̯ʔk]

[Ser]

Travis, who the fuck actually says high-KOO!?!

[Travis B.]

Travis, who the fuck actually says high-KOO!?!

That is the only way of saying it that I know of (and from checking a number of dictionaries, that is the pronunciation they all gave back, except some of them reported stress being on the first syllable rather than the second).

[Ser]

Travis, who the fuck actually says high-KOO!?!

That is the only way of saying it that I know of (and from checking a number of dictionaries, that is the pronunciation they all gave back, except some of them reported stress being on the first syllable rather than the second).

All the ones I checked (the OED, Merriam-Webster's, the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus, Dictionary.com's, Collins Complete & Unabridged, and the American Heritage) gave a pronunciation with the first syllable stressed only, with no other variant. I have no idea what obscure English dictionaries you could have possibly consulted.

[ol bofosh]

haiku [ˈhɐɪ̯.kʰʏʉ̯]
our [æʊ̯ə̯]
fire [fɐɪ̯ə̯]
hike [hɐɪ̯ʔk]

Travis B, why do you have two sets of phonemes?

[Travis B.]

Travis B, why do you have two sets of phonemes?

The green phonemes are standardized ones, whereas the red phonemes try to represent my actual underlying forms as close as possible.

If I was trying to truly be standardized I should have used /aɪ̯/ for both my /ae̯/ and /əe̯/, but since Canadian Raising of /aɪ̯/ is sufficiently widespread I figured people would know what I meant by /əɪ̯/.

[Karinta]

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