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I pronounce the 'u' in 'pronunciation' like in 'putting' but the 'ou' in 'pronounce' like in 'wound'.


Transcript[The word "Tuesday", with each letter labeled by a box with an arrow:] T: As in buffet u: As in minute e: As in record s: As in use d: As in moped a: As in bass y: As in gyro

[Caption below the panel:]
Pet peeve: Ambiguous pronunciation guides


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[–] e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net 10 points 1 year ago

I started learning Japanese recently. It's made me realizehow sloppy English is with vowel sounds.