pronunciation of genuine

Corrs   Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:41 pm GMT
''genuine'' rhymes with ''win'' for me, not ''wine''.
Claude   Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:17 pm GMT
Person 456,

Thank you to correlate low-class character with the fact of pronouncing "dZenjUaIn" instead of "dZenjUin". Interesting.

I quite agree with your comment when you say that "When it comes to learning pronunciation English is an EXTREMELY misleading language with no rhyme nor reason".

But I must admit that this particularity of English, which requires careful attention on the part of the foreign student (like me) because of its many surprises in store, makes it get in my point of view an utmost appreciable, magical and attractive side to it.

With English we have NEVER a feeling of déjà-vu.

Cheers,
Claude.
Corrs   Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:53 pm GMT
<<That's not really true. There are plenty of consistent rules in English spelling. The strangest, most "out-there" ones tend to be some of the most high-frequency words and stand out, but there are many more which are very consistent.>>

Yeah, that's true Kirk. While you may think that it's odd to have ''ch'' in ''technology'', ''technique'' etc. I pronounce them with /tEx/ not */tEk/.
eito(jpn)   Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:28 am GMT
Corrs, may I ask where you are from?