The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

[Matrix]

[ˈsɛkn̩d]

[vokzhen]

Afaict it's almost always [sɛk(ɨ̃)nʔ]. Without spelling interference I'd definitely transcribe the last consonant as /t/.

[TaylorS]

What happens to /jur/? (For me it varies between [j@r] and [jor], usually the former.)

The same here, I think.

[TaylorS]

[ˈsɛkn̩d]

[sɛ̞kn̩ʔ]

[Nortaneous]

Afaict it's almost always [sɛk(ɨ̃)nʔ]. Without spelling interference I'd definitely transcribe the last consonant as /t/.

varies between d and t for me, and I hear it with t sometimes

[sirdanilot]

Afaict it's almost always [sɛk(ɨ̃)nʔ]. Without spelling interference I'd definitely transcribe the last consonant as /t/.

This sounds annoyingly American-Californian-high-school-teen to me (oh em gee SO in sync ! that kind of thing). But perhaps the actual realization is less bad than that I would pronounce your IPA here.

[ol bofosh]

[ˈsɛ.kən(d) ~ ˈsɛ.k͡ʔn̩(d)]

[CatDoom]

Afaict it's almost always [sɛk(ɨ̃)nʔ]. Without spelling interference I'd definitely transcribe the last consonant as /t/.

Mine's about the same, though the final consonant may be more of an unreleased t [t̚] than a simple glottal stop. Based on some impromptu experimentation, I think I might be more prone to pronounce the final consonant as [d] when the following word begins with a sonorant, possibly with re-syllabification. So "second one" is something like [sɛk(ɨ̃)n dwən].

Incidentally, I am from California, though it's been some time since I was in high school.

[vokzhen]

Afaict it's almost always [sɛk(ɨ̃)nʔ]. Without spelling interference I'd definitely transcribe the last consonant as /t/.

Mine's about the same, though the final consonant may be more of an unreleased t [t̚] than a simple glottal stop. Based on some impromptu experimentation, I think I might be more prone to pronounce the final consonant as [d] when the following word begins with a sonorant, possibly with re-syllabification. So "second one" is something like [sɛk(ɨ̃)n dwən].

Incidentally, I am from California, though it's been some time since I was in high school.

Actually, your example made me rethink it a bit. It's probably actually [sɛkɨ̃(n)ʔ] for me, as in "second one" alveolar contact isn't present or only present rarely, afaict. (Or maybe [sɛk(ɨ̃)(n)ʔ], depending on context, but a) that's ugly, and b) I probably do always have a vowel there, but when there is an actual [n] present, it just feels like it's transition from one POA to another, not a "real" vowel).

[2+3 clusivity]

<rather>

[ɻɑðɚ] or perhaps better transcribed as [ɻɑðɻ̩]. Not sure if those are actually different or not.

A lot of my /ɻ/s are also strongly labialized, as in <red>, but I feel like it is not in the case of <rather>. I cannot figure out what the triggering condition is, perhaps labialized if followed by a non-low vowel.

[KathTheDragon]

[ɹʷɑðə]

[TaylorS]

[ɻʷæ̞ðɚ] ~ [ɻʷaðɚ]

[Matrix]

[ɹæðɹ̩]

[ol bofosh]

[ˈʋ͡ɹɐː.ðə]

You might call that a strongly labialised /r/

[Pole, the]

How do you pronounce "ne", e.g. in "thou ne art"?

[ol bofosh]

I don't. Is it Middle English or something? What does it even mean/is its gramatical function?

My instinct tells me /ni:/, second (outside) option: /nej/. Me: [nɪi̯ ~ nɛɪ̯ ]

Edit: actually, my first instinct was a Monty Python style "Ni!"

[linguoboy]

My first instinct was /ˈneː/ as well, because whether such a sentence is genuinely Middle English or not, it looks it and so I automatically default to pre-GVS values.

[Astraios]

If it had survived to Modern English I imagine it'd be like 'the', i.e. with a schwa normally but /i/ before vowels.

[----]

you n'are

[linguoboy]

product /ɑ/
productive /ə/
productivity /oː/

What about you lot?

[KathTheDragon]

Same as you, but 'productivity' is like 'product'.

[ol bofosh]

product /ɒ/
productive /ə/
productivity /ɒ/

and...
produce (v) /ə/
produce (n) /ɒ/

ˈpʰʋ͡ɹʷˠɒ.dɐkt
pʰʋ͡ɹʷˠə.ˈdɐk.tɪ̈v
ˌpʰʋ͡ɹʷˠɒ.dɐk.ˈtɪ.vɪ̈.tɪɨ̯
pʰʋ͡ɹʷˠə.ˈd͡ʒjʏʉ̯s
ˈpʰʋ͡ɹʷˠɒ.d͡ʒjʏʉ̯s

[Matrix]

[ˈpʰɹɑɾʌkt]
[pʰɹəˈdʌktɪv]
[ˌpʰɹɑɾʌkˈtɪvɪɾi]
[pʰɹəˈdus]
[ˈpʰɹoʊ̯dus]

[Nortaneous]

ˈprɑˌdʌkt
prəˈdʌktɨv
ˈprɑˌdʌkˈˈtɪvɨtɨ

also I was listening to a lecture a while back and heard [sɛkəntʰ] for 'second' so devoicing there is a thing

[salem]

[ˈpʰɞ̯˞ɔːɾ̠ɜkʰɾ̥]
[pʰɝˈɾ̠ʌkʰɾ̥ᵻv]
[ˌpʰɞ̯˞ɔːɾ̠ɜk̚ˈtʰɪvᵻɾi]

[pʰɝˈɾ̠ʉs]
[ˈpʰɞ̯˞ɵʊ̯ˌ̠ɾ̠ʉs]

[ˈsɛkʰᵻn̥]