How do we pronounce words with....

[Huda-M]

Hello....
I just wanted help about the words that have 'AE' in them.... how do they actually sound? And if any word has 'UO' in it, how does this uo will sound????????????????

[Raymott]

Originally Posted by Huda Mir

Hello....
I just wanted help about the words that have 'AE' in them.... how do they actually sound? And if any word has 'UO' in it, how does this uo will sound????????????????

AE
ae in Greek-derived words is /i/ Aesop /i:sop/ Aegean /i:dzi ən/
Haem /hi:m/ as in haemoglobin, haemophilia. (Spelled 'hemo' in AmE)
Paediatrics /pi:d.../ (pediatrics in AmE)

UO - there are two ways that I can think of:
1. Duo is /dj'uo/ or /duo/ in AmE. that is, 2 sounds: u then o with the stress on u, duodenum.
duopoly /dju'opoli/ The stress is different here.
2. Quod is /kwod/, but you won't see that often.
Duomo (an Italian Cathedral) /dwomo/ Cuomo (an Italian name) /kwomo/

If you have any particular words, post them.

[mara_ce]

Here are some examples:

daemon / i: /
haemoglobin / i: /
aeroplane / ea /
Gaelic / ei /
buoyant / oi /
duo / u:o /

[Huda-M]

Originally Posted by Raymott

AE
ae in Greek-derived words is /i/ Aesop /i:sop/ Aegean /i:dzi ən/
Haem /hi:m/ as in haemoglobin, haemophilia. (Spelled 'hemo' in AmE)
Paediatrics /pi:d.../ (pediatrics in AmE)

UO - there are two ways that I can think of:
1. Duo is /dj'uo/ or /duo/ in AmE. that is, 2 sounds: u then o with the stress on u, duodenum.
duopoly /dju'opoli/ The stress is different here.
2. Quod is /kwod/, but you won't see that often.
Duomo (an Italian Cathedral) /dwomo/ Cuomo (an Italian name) /kwomo/

If you have any particular words, post them.

Thankyou!

[Huda-M]

Originally Posted by mara_ce

Here are some examples:

daemon / i: /
haemoglobin / i: /
aeroplane / ea /
Gaelic / ei /
buoyant / oi /
duo / u:o /

thankyou too!