Words you love because of their sounds

[vampireshark]

How do you pronounce <elasticity>, <ergonomics> and <Skyrim> ?

elasticity: [əˈla.stɪ.sə.ti]
ergonomics: [ɚ.gəˈnɔ.mɪks]
Skyrim: [ˈskaɪ̯.ɹɪm]

A name I rather like the sound of is Eyjafjallajökull.

[Christopher Schröder]

How do you pronounce <elasticity>, <ergonomics> and <Skyrim> ?

Elasticity: [ɪlæstɪsɪti]
Ergonomics: [ɛɹgənɔmɪks]
Skyrim: [skai̯ɹəm]

A name I rather like the sound of is Eyjafjallajökull.

[eijafjalɑːjøːkʊl] ?

[Rui]

elasticity: [əˈla.stɪ.sə.ti]

What. Second-syllable stress what. Also [a] what.

(For comparison, I have, broadly, [i.læˈstɪ.sɪ.ɾi]. I'm not quite sure whether the first [s] goes with the second or third syllable, and saying it over and over is making it sound weird)

[Vuvuzela]

elasticity: [əˈla.stɪ.sə.ti]

What. Second-syllable stress what. Also [a] what.

(For comparison, I have, broadly, [i.læˈstɪ.sɪ.ɾi]. I'm not quite sure whether the first [s] goes with the second or third syllable, and saying it over and over is making it sound weird)

I think that may be a dialect thing. Sort of like how in Received Pronunciation "laboratory" is /ləˈbɔr.ə.tri/ while in American Broadcast English it's /ˈlæb.rə.tɔ.ri/ I think. What dialects do you both speak?

[Nortaneous]

How do you pronounce <elasticity>, <ergonomics> and <Skyrim> ?

/ˌiˌlæsˈtɪsɨɾɨ/ (with more stress on the first than the second syllable)
/ˌɜ˞gəˈnɑmɨks/
/ˈskai̯ˌrɪm/

[Rui]

I think that may be a dialect thing. Sort of like how in Received Pronunciation "laboratory" is /ləˈbɔr.ə.tri/ while in American Broadcast English it's /ˈlæb.rə.tɔ.ri/ I think. What dialects do you both speak?

As far as I know, both varieties of American English. I'm from Connecticut (the Tri-State area, so some influence from New York English), and vs is also from the US- I believe he's originally from North Carolina or something?

Also to speakers of BritE have different stress for "elasticity"?

[Vuvuzela]

As far as I know, both varieties of American English. I'm from Connecticut (the Tri-State area, so some influence from New York English), and vs is also from the US- I believe he's originally from North Carolina or something?

Also to speakers of BritE have different stress for "elasticity"?

I think in RP they pronounce it iˈlɑ.stɪ.sə.ti, but I'm not sure about other U.K. dialects. For a relatively small island, Great Britain has a lot of dialectal variation (the Queen's English, Norf London, Cockney, and Oop North are some of the more iconic ones)

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For <elasticity> I have [ʔɯɫæsˈtɨsɨɾi].

[Miiil]

/ˌilæsˈtɪsəti/ or something

[Skomakar'n]

How do you pronounce <elasticity>, <ergonomics> and <Skyrim> ?

Elasticity: [ɪlæstɪsɪti]
Ergonomics: [ɛɹgənɔmɪks]
Skyrim: [skai̯ɹəm]

A name I rather like the sound of is Eyjafjallajökull.

[eijafjalɑːjøːkʊl] ?

More like ["EIjafjatl_0aj9:kYtl_0]. God, I love Icelandic so much. I hope I can go next year too!

[vampireshark]

As far as I know, both varieties of American English. I'm from Connecticut (the Tri-State area, so some influence from New York English), and vs is also from the US- I believe he's originally from North Carolina or something?

When I'm in the US, I live in North Carolina. However:
-My mother's from Ohio; my dad from West Virginia.
-I was born in Hawaii.
-I moved to Washington when I was two. So I started learning to speak in Seattle.
-Moved to Germany when I was just shy of 6. I went to school on a US military installation but watched almost exclusively British television from '97 to '01 (and still a lot, but to a reduced degree in '02).
-I returned to the US, and Texas, when I was 12.
-Moved to NC when I was 14.

So I speak a bastard English. (Some foreigners have thought I'm not American because of my accent.)

elasticity: [əˈla.stɪ.sə.ti]

What. Second-syllable stress what. Also [a] what.

(For comparison, I have, broadly, [i.læˈstɪ.sɪ.ɾi]. I'm not quite sure whether the first [s] goes with the second or third syllable, and saying it over and over is making it sound weird)

Yes, the syllable stress, at least for me, goes to the second syllable, though the [a] is probably closer to [æ], thinking about it. (Transcribing my own English feels strange.) There's a secondary stress on the third syllable, but it's very weak.

Also, for what it's worth, elastic is [əˈlæ.stɪk]. Adding the suffix doesn't, for me, shift the stress.