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Default Re: Correct Pronunciation

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Originally Posted by naomimalan View Post

wither sounds like the word 'with' followed by a schwa, in other words, the 'er' is pronounced like the 'a' in about.
It's probably worth noting that many speakers of rhotic variants would clearly pronounce the terminal "r" in wither, after the schwa, making it sound different to the simple schwa heard from non-rhotic speakers.
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