The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

[Torco]

[juɹEjn@s]
[juɹ ?Ejn@s]
[mOskOw]

but then again I'm latinamerican

[Lyra]

[juɹEjn@s]

Y no [u'rano]?

~Lyra

[Rin]

how do you all pronounce "always", "day" and "you done with that?"

For me it's:
['oʊwejs], [de:] and [jədʌnwɪðæ]

~Lyra

[ɒwɪz]
[dɛɪ]
[ju dʌn wɪ θæʔ]

Note: in the case of the last, due to assimilation of the th in with and the th in that, what would normally be [ðæʔ] in my dialect, is devoiced to [θ].

[finlay]

["mQskow] or ["mQsgow]

I have trouble distinguishing between voiced and unaspirated after a consonant like that.

It's neutralised in that position (ie after s) in English. Voiced plosives aren't usually voiced very strongly if at all anyway.

Basically [sg] should be impossible, but it can be argued that [sk] is as much /sg/ as it is /sk/, because of the strictly theoretical nature of phonemes in / brackets.

[Lyhoko Leaci]

always: [ˈaʟweɪz]
day: [deɪ]
you done with that: [juː dən wɪθ θæʔ] ~ [jədən wɪθ θæʔ]
Uranus: [jɚˈeɪnəs]
Your anus: [jɔɹ ˈeɪnəs] ~ [jɚˈeɪnəs]
Moscow: [maskaʊ]

[a] is maybe [ɑ]

[vampireshark]

always: [ˈɑl.weɪ̯z]
day: [ˈdeɪ̯]
You done with that?: [ju dʌ́n wɪθ ðæt]
Uranus: [ˈjɝ.ɪn.ʌs]
Your anus: [ˈjoʊ̯ɹ ˈeɪ̯.nəs]
Moscow: [ˈmɔ.skoʊ̯]

[Torco]

[juɹEjn@s]

Y no [u'rano]?

~Lyra

[tU."a.nO]

[Travis B.]

I was watching a docu about the gas giants and there was a bit that asked the scientists how do you pronounce Uranus? I was sitting on the settee with my gf and we were laughing like school children at "It's a long way to Uranus" and "We get to see Uranus in a new light" (God, I'm laughing about it even now).

For me it's [j@"r\ejn@s], which is almost exactly the same as "Your anus". There is a difference, but I think it's mostly in tone.

You certainly are not the first people to laugh about Uranus. This is almost a standard thing for school children to laugh about, for starters.

In my case it is /jəˈrenɪs/ > [jʁ̩ˤːˈʁˤẽːnɨs], essentially identical with your anus.

And while we're at it, how about Moscow?

["mQskow] or ["mQsgow]

I have trouble distinguishing between voiced and unaspirated after a consonant like that.

It should be noted that English in general does not make such a distinction there. In the case of Moscow, I am used to /ˈmaskɑɔ̯/ > [ˈmasɡ̊ɑɔ̯].

[Wattmann]

What kind of mutant English do you speak D:

[Travis B.]

What kind of mutant English do you speak D:

My English is really not that mutant, aside from my /r/ and /l/, for a dialect from the Inland North of the US. I just try to transcribe it accurately as opposed to transcribing it by convention.

[Wattmann]

Woah.
Your /r/ and /l/ are really velar/uvular?
Oh my, that's the first I've heard :O

I've been born in a linguistic enviroment far too boring XP

[----]

That's not too strange in American English, syllable-finally my /l/ varies from uvular to pharyngeal.

[Rainar]

how do you all pronounce "always", "day" and "you done with that?"

For me it's:
['oʊwejs], [de:] and [jədʌnwɪðæ]

~Lyra

Most of my word pronunciation is General American, (I think) so it is boring. However...

"You done with that?" = [jə dʌn wif ðæt]

I also tend to pronounce "faithless" and "father" as [feɪflɪs] and [fɑvəɹ], respectively. However words that start with dental fricatives, like "theology" and "this", are not fronted. A bit unusual isn't it?

Edit: Replaced "r" with alveolar approximant. Sorry for any possible confusion.

[Kezdő]

Always: ['alweɪʲʫ]
Day: [deɪʲ]
You done with that?: [ju 'dən wɪθ 'ðæt?]

[TaylorS]

always: [ˈɒwez]
day: [d̥eː]
You done with that?: [jə dʌn wɪt̪ t̪ɛə̯ʔ]
Uranus: [ˈjɝn̩ˌʌs]
Your anus: [jɚˈeːnəs]
Moscow: [ˈmaskaʊ̯] or [ˈmasko]

[Travis B.]

I also tend to pronounce "faithless" and "father" as [feɪflɪs] and [fɑvəɹ], respectively. However words that start with dental fricatives, like "theology" and "this", are not fronted. A bit unusual isn't it?

My mother's idiolect frequently does this for non-initial /θ/ and /ð/, while tending to often stop initial /ð/ (but not /θ/) without fronting them. She herself is from Kenosha, WI, right north of Chicago...

[jmcd]

Uranus [jə"ɾenʌs]
your anus [jʉɾ "enəs]

[linguoboy]

Loyola
Chicago
Rod Blagojevich
Rahm Emanuel

[Lyra]

Loyola
Chicago
Rod Blagojevich
Rahm Emanuel

[ləjoʊlə]
[ʃtɪka:go] or [ʃtɪkægo]
[rɔ:d blagoje:vɪʃt]
[ræm imænʊel]

~Lyra

[linguoboy]

[ʃtɪka:go] or [ʃtɪkægo]

Um, sure you didn't get that initial cluster exactly backwards?

Also, it would be good if you could indicate primary stress placement.

[Lyra]

[ʃtɪka:go] or [ʃtɪkægo]

Um, sure you didn't get that initial cluster exactly backwards?

Also, it would be good if you could indicate primary stress placement.

oh, wow... fail on my part
[tʃɪ'kago] or [tʃɪ'kægo]
[lə'joʊlə]
[rɔ:d blago'je:vɪʃt]
[ræm i'mænʊel]

~Lyra

[finlay]

Loyola
Chicago
Rod Blagojevich
Rahm Emanuel

[ɫɔˈjoːɫɐ]
[ʃɪ̥ˈkʰaːgoʊ]
[ɻɔd̚ bɫəˈgoːjəvɪtʃ]
[ɻaːməˈmanjʏ(ə)ɫ]

15000th post, whooooooooooooooo!!!

[Torco]

lo"jow.la
tSi"ka.gow
rOD "bla:.Go.vitS
ra:mi"ma.nwel

I dunno, it should be bla:.go.vitS, but that's not how I'd pranauns it

[Aurora Rossa]

[ɫʌ'jo:ɫɐ] (I actually find this one very hard to pronounce)
[ʃɪ̥'kʰa:gʌo]
[ɻɑ:d blə'goijəvɪʧ]
[ɻa:m ə'mæ:nju.əl]

[Rui]

rOD "bla:.Go.vitS

I dunno, it should be bla:.go.vitS, but that's not how I'd pranauns it

You're missing a syllable there. Rod Blagojevich