"A" can have multiple different sounds, so when spelling it out phonetically, people usually use these conventions:
a = the "a" in "cat" ah = the "a" in "father" aw = the "a" in "law" uh = the "a" in "soda" ay = the "a" in "late"
"A" can also appear in other phonetic spellings:
ai = the "i" in "time" ao = the "ow" in "how"
Fun fact: numerous A's in Sanskrit are pronounced "uh" even when a word has multiple A's in it. For instance, "ananda" is pronounced "uh-nuhn-duh," while an English pronunciation of "ananda" would be "uh-nahn-duh."
English in general has lots of ambiguous vowels as well as ambiguous accents on syllables. That's pretty much the only reason this topic even exists!
Another Arrive Penalize Apathy (the second "a") Analyze (the second "a") Virtually any "a" that comes at the end of a word, like hydra, ulna, sofa, soda, papa, aqua, mama, salsa, corona, extrema, era, novella, plaza, pizza, pupa, larva, diva, nova, data, okra, boa, fora, and phyla.
Another Arrive Penalize Apathy (the second "a") Analyze (the second "a") Virtually any "a" that comes at the end of a word, like hydra, ulna, sofa, soda, papa, aqua, mama, salsa, corona, extrema, era, novella, plaza, pizza, pupa, larva, diva, nova, data, okra, boa, fora, and phyla.
It's extremely common in English.
sorry but none of these are an uh for me. Or maybe I don't understand what uh should sound like then. I would pronounce them as ah.
Another Arrive Penalize Apathy (the second "a") Analyze (the second "a") Virtually any "a" that comes at the end of a word, like hydra, ulna, sofa, soda, papa, aqua, mama, salsa, corona, extrema, era, novella, plaza, pizza, pupa, larva, diva, nova, data, okra, boa, fora, and phyla.
It's extremely common in English.
sorry but none of these are an uh for me. Or maybe I don't understand what uh should sound like then. I would pronounce them as ah.
@lroumen: What about the word "mama?" Do both A's have the exact same sound?
Also, I just now realized that your username is a lowercase L instead of an uppercase i. I thought your username was pronounced "ee-roh-min," and sounded kind of like Imoen.
Another Arrive Penalize Apathy (the second "a") Analyze (the second "a") Virtually any "a" that comes at the end of a word, like hydra, ulna, sofa, soda, papa, aqua, mama, salsa, corona, extrema, era, novella, plaza, pizza, pupa, larva, diva, nova, data, okra, boa, fora, and phyla.
It's extremely common in English.
sorry but none of these are an uh for me. Or maybe I don't understand what uh should sound like then. I would pronounce them as ah.
Phoneme Example Translation
------- ------- -----------
AA odd AA D
AE at AE T
AH hut HH AH T
AO ought AO T
AW cow K AW
AY hide HH AY D
B be B IY
CH cheese CH IY Z
D dee D IY
DH thee DH IY
EH Ed EH D
ER hurt HH ER T
EY ate EY T
F fee F IY
G green G R IY N
HH he HH IY
IH it IH T
IY eat IY T
JH gee JH IY
K key K IY
L lee L IY
M me M IY
N knee N IY
NG ping P IH NG
OW oat OW T
OY toy T OY
P pee P IY
R read R IY D
S sea S IY
SH she SH IY
T tea T IY
TH theta TH EY T AH
UH hood HH UH D
UW two T UW
V vee V IY
W we W IY
Y yield Y IY L D
Z zee Z IY
ZH seizure S IY ZH ER
here's how their automated pronounciation tool does it, not bad imho THAXLLSSILLYIA TH AE K S L S AH L AY IY AH
NABASSU N AH B AE S UW
YXUNOMEI Y K S Y UW N AH M IY
PHAERE F IY R
DRIZZT D R IH Z T
HAREISHAN HH AH R IY SH AH N
BRAGE B R EY JH
DEMIVRGVS D AH M IH V R G Z
MUTAMIN M Y UW T AH M AH N
OTYUGH AA T AY UW
ALAUNDO AH L AO N D OW
BJORNIN B JH AO R N AH N
SVIRFNEBLIN S V AH R F N EH B L AH N
MELF'S MINUTE METEORS M EH L F S M IH N AH T M IY T IY ER Z
FIRKRAAG F AH R K R AH G
BODHI B AA D HH IY
PAI-NA P AA IY N AA
XVART Z V AA R T
Someone else will have to help me out here because I don't know .
I can't remember when I fixed on Grond as a user name, but it was quite a few years ago. The first time I used it, it was simply Grond (I took the name from the battering ram in Lord of the Rings, rather than the older hammer of Morgoth). That wasn't allowed on the next site I tried to use it for though, so it got converted to Grond0 and has stuck there. Although it's clearly written with the number zero, I'd answer to either the number or the letter 'o' when verbalized. That reflects the fact that when I say phone numbers I use o and 0 interchangeably - though if anything I probably have a slight preference for o.
Edit: re-reading that post I see I shouldn't have tried to respond immediately while I was in the middle of doing something else . I'll leave the post in case it gives anyone else a chuckle, while throwing out Loup Garou for offers.
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Examples: may, day, tray, etc...
a = the "a" in "cat"
ah = the "a" in "father"
aw = the "a" in "law"
uh = the "a" in "soda"
ay = the "a" in "late"
"A" can also appear in other phonetic spellings:
ai = the "i" in "time"
ao = the "ow" in "how"
Fun fact: numerous A's in Sanskrit are pronounced "uh" even when a word has multiple A's in it. For instance, "ananda" is pronounced "uh-nuhn-duh," while an English pronunciation of "ananda" would be "uh-nahn-duh."
English in general has lots of ambiguous vowels as well as ambiguous accents on syllables. That's pretty much the only reason this topic even exists!
Arrive
Penalize
Apathy (the second "a")
Analyze (the second "a")
Virtually any "a" that comes at the end of a word, like hydra, ulna, sofa, soda, papa, aqua, mama, salsa, corona, extrema, era, novella, plaza, pizza, pupa, larva, diva, nova, data, okra, boa, fora, and phyla.
It's extremely common in English.
Are you Welsh?
Source: We met once at a spellcasting conference
Dutch having learned Oxford English.
Also, I just now realized that your username is a lowercase L instead of an uppercase i. I thought your username was pronounced "ee-roh-min," and sounded kind of like Imoen.
It's L Roumen
My gamer name is ironman by reading the L as capital i, inverting the u to n and the e to a.
Garrick: gare-rick
Next name: rakshasa
Ankheg
Angk-egg
The "A" is like the "A" in kangaroo.
Davaeorn
Next name: @Alesia_BH
Next name: Nishruu
Best,
A.
Next Name: Qilue
(Aren't non-phonetic alphabets fun? You can't play this game in Korean)
Or Ki-Lu-Eh
Aboleth
Funny how sounds differ.
http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cmudict?in=rubber
there 'uh' is AH
Phoneme Example Translation ------- ------- ----------- AA odd AA D AE at AE T AH hut HH AH T AO ought AO T AW cow K AW AY hide HH AY D B be B IY CH cheese CH IY Z D dee D IY DH thee DH IY EH Ed EH D ER hurt HH ER T EY ate EY T F fee F IY G green G R IY N HH he HH IY IH it IH T IY eat IY T JH gee JH IY K key K IY L lee L IY M me M IY N knee N IY NG ping P IH NG OW oat OW T OY toy T OY P pee P IY R read R IY D S sea S IY SH she SH IY T tea T IY TH theta TH EY T AH UH hood HH UH D UW two T UW V vee V IY W we W IY Y yield Y IY L D Z zee Z IY ZH seizure S IY ZH ERhere's how their automated pronounciation tool does it, not bad imho
THAXLLSSILLYIA TH AE K S L S AH L AY IY AH NABASSU N AH B AE S UW YXUNOMEI Y K S Y UW N AH M IY PHAERE F IY R DRIZZT D R IH Z T HAREISHAN HH AH R IY SH AH N BRAGE B R EY JH DEMIVRGVS D AH M IH V R G Z MUTAMIN M Y UW T AH M AH N OTYUGH AA T AY UW ALAUNDO AH L AO N D OW BJORNIN B JH AO R N AH N SVIRFNEBLIN S V AH R F N EH B L AH N MELF'S MINUTE METEORS M EH L F S M IH N AH T M IY T IY ER Z FIRKRAAG F AH R K R AH G BODHI B AA D HH IY PAI-NA P AA IY N AA XVART Z V AA R TAboleth: ab-oh-leth
Next name: @Grond0
I can't remember when I fixed on Grond as a user name, but it was quite a few years ago. The first time I used it, it was simply Grond (I took the name from the battering ram in Lord of the Rings, rather than the older hammer of Morgoth). That wasn't allowed on the next site I tried to use it for though, so it got converted to Grond0 and has stuck there. Although it's clearly written with the number zero, I'd answer to either the number or the letter 'o' when verbalized. That reflects the fact that when I say phone numbers I use o and 0 interchangeably - though if anything I probably have a slight preference for o.
Edit: re-reading that post I see I shouldn't have tried to respond immediately while I was in the middle of doing something else