Monday, February 16, 2004, 20:45 GMT
Do you pronounce these words to rhyme with each other? I don't. This is how I pronounce these words.
Fewer [fju:..r] ''fyoo-er''
Pure [pje:r] ''pyur''
Fewer [fju:..r] ''fyoo-er''
Pure [pje:r] ''pyur''
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Fewer and pure
Monday, February 16, 2004, 20:45 GMT
Do you pronounce these words to rhyme with each other? I don't. This is how I pronounce these words.
Fewer [fju:..r] ''fyoo-er'' Pure [pje:r] ''pyur''
Monday, February 16, 2004, 23:44 GMT
I do.
fewer [fju(:)..] pure [pju(:)..] [u(:)..] is a notation I've made up to show that I make no dictinction between [u:..] and [u..].
Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 03:11 GMT
I pronounce them the same way you do, Smith. I think that's "standard" American pronunciation.
Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 11:35 GMT
Nope, m-w.com only lists [pjur]. ([u] being the sound in "foot").
Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 14:54 GMT
I pronounce few, new, euchre (Card game), eewch (disgust), yuck, puke, euphoria, newt with the IU dipthong, not YU.
Regional Variation? Obsolete variation? Regards, Paul V.
Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 14:56 GMT
for pure, sure, cure, I use YU
Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 15:00 GMT
for pure, sure, cure,view, hugh, huge, beautiful, mute , I use YU
Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 15:09 GMT
for "beautiful" you use yu? I didn't know you could pronounce it in that way
Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 18:10 GMT
/pjur/ is considered an exceptionally posh pronunciation, at least in the midwestern cities where I have lived. Common midwestern people tend to put an /e/ sound in there. Does anybody in other regions of the US pronounced it the "dictionary accepted" way?
Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 20:20 GMT
My pronounciation of the words.
pure [pje:r] ''pyur'' sure [she:r] ''shur'' cure [cje:r] ''kyur'' view [vju:] ''vyoo'' Huge [hju:j] ''hyooj'' beautiful [bju:t..f..l] ''byootiful'' hugh [hju:] ''hyoo'' mute [mju:t] ''myoot'' Paul, What do you mean you use [ju:] in ''sure''? How is that possible?
Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 20:45 GMT
So, the answer is no I don't pronounce ''pure'' to rhyme with ''fewer''. This is how I pronounce ''fewer''.
Fewer [fju:..r] ''fyoo-er'' |