How do you pronounce "until"?
Until
I pronounce it [@n"t_hI5].
Note that I always use a schwa in the first syllable. Contrast this with verbs bearing the prefix "un-", which I pronounce with an unreduced [V], for example "unfold" [Vn"foU5d]. In fact, if there were a verb "untill" (to do the opposite of tilling), I would pronounce that [Vn"t_hI5].
Note that I always use a schwa in the first syllable. Contrast this with verbs bearing the prefix "un-", which I pronounce with an unreduced [V], for example "unfold" [Vn"foU5d]. In fact, if there were a verb "untill" (to do the opposite of tilling), I would pronounce that [Vn"t_hI5].
Hmm. I figured as much. I pronounce it [@ntEl]. I suppose General American has [I] there?
>>Hmm. I figured as much. I pronounce it [@ntEl]. I suppose General American has [I] there?<<
Such is rather dialect-specific, and is rather unspecified within General American.
Such is rather dialect-specific, and is rather unspecified within General American.
Do you think that it has anything to do with the git melk agin, etc. thing? Or is it something completely different?
>>Do you think that it has anything to do with the git melk agin, etc. thing? Or is it something completely different?<<
This is completely different - it is due to differences in how unstressed vowels are reduced (and even when such unstressed vowels are not contrasted, which is common in North American English dialects, just how they are merged varies).
This is completely different - it is due to differences in how unstressed vowels are reduced (and even when such unstressed vowels are not contrasted, which is common in North American English dialects, just how they are merged varies).