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 Mon, Nov 25 2024, 5:26 pm
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Reading teacher here. "a" is a sight word pronounced "uh".
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amother
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Mon, Nov 25 2024, 8:07 pm
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I have a master’s in linguistics and it’s usually pronounced “uh” in everyday American speech. In more formal settings, speakers will use both - “ay” for things they want to emphasize, “uh” for less emphasis.
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oohlala
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Mon, Nov 25 2024, 8:35 pm
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I’m a literacy coach. I teach it both ways.
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amother
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Mon, Nov 25 2024, 8:43 pm
??
I think the options are a Kamatz sound vs a Tzeirei sound, there's no vowel for Shva
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amother
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Mon, Nov 25 2024, 9:53 pm
The schwa is the phonetic symbol for the unstressed “uh” sound.
Not shva.
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oohlala
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Mon, Nov 25 2024, 9:56 pm
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In English any time any vowel says “uh” it’s considered a schwa sound. Schwa sound can be spelled many ways. The a in petal is schwa for example.
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amother
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Mon, Nov 25 2024, 10:00 pm
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Actually, not to be nerdy but actually there are two options for the uh sound. Schwa is for unstressed syllables and the wedge (upside down v) is for stressed syllables. Both represent “uh” but there are subtle acoustic differences.
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amother
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Mon, Nov 25 2024, 10:08 pm
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The "upside down v" (ʌ) is used when it is stressed, as in the word "up." I think the word "a" is generally pronounced as a schwa because it is usually unstressed, and when it is stressed it is the vowel /e/.
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Cheiny
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Mon, Nov 25 2024, 10:44 pm
Aye is actually pronounced “I.”
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Cheiny
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Mon, Nov 25 2024, 10:44 pm
| amother OP wrote: | | Meaning like you say the letter? |
Yes. It’s pronounced AY.
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penguin
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Mon, Nov 25 2024, 11:15 pm
I was going to say before a vowel but WHOOPS that would be AN.
I guess I was thinking of "the", which, IIRC, is pronounced thuh, but before a vowel will be thee
As in thuh car. Thee apple.
Reading experts, do you agree? (too lazy to google...)
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