proportion - pronunciation

[panicmonger]

proportion
1. /prəˈpɔː.ʃən/

2. /prəʊ pɔː.ʃən/

Could you tell me which pronunciation is the correct one?

For "pro", when to pronounce /prə/ and when /prəʊ/?

Please advise me, thank you so much.

Fleeting Christmas flew away, I don't even have the time to savour its relish.

Happy New Year.

[5jj]

1. /prəˈpɔː.ʃən/
2. /prəʊ pɔː.ʃən/ X


Unstressed "pro" is normally /prə/, stressed /prəʊ/.
'Pro' can also be pronounced /prɒ/ in many words.

[lauralie2]

Some speakers say [prəˈpɔː.ʃən], some speakers say [prəʊ pɔː.ʃən], some speakers say both.

The second pronunciation ([prəʊ pɔː.ʃən]) involves a phonetic process called regressive assimilation. That's when a sound is assimilated in either manner or place to an oncoming sound. For example, the speaker in anticipating [p] in prəʊ pɔː.ʃən produces [əʊ], a vowel sound (between /u/ and /ə/) that shares articulation features with [p], namely a degree of rounding of the lips.

There's another pronunciation, one involving inversion or a switch: [pərˈpɔː.ʃən].

[panicmonger]

Some speakers say [prəˈpɔː.ʃən], some speakers say [prəʊ pɔː.ʃən], some speakers say both.

The second pronunciation ([prəʊ pɔː.ʃən]) involves a phonetic process called regressive assimilation. That's when a sound is assimilated in either manner or place to an oncoming sound. For example, the speaker in anticipating [p] in prəʊ pɔː.ʃən produces [əʊ], a vowel sound (between /u/ and /ə/) that shares articulation features with [p], namely a degree of rounding of the lips.

There's another pronunciation, one involving inversion or a switch: [pərˈpɔː.ʃən].

too recondite to me, I didn't expect it's so abstruse.
Thank you.

[lauralie2]

too recondite to me, I didn't expect it's so abstruse.

I don't know what that means...

[panicmonger]

I don't know what that means...

I meant it is too difficult for me to grasp, I think I had better stick to the simplified one.

Thank you for your help.

[BobK]

too recondite to for me, I didn't expect it's to be so abstruse.
Thank you.

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Good words, appropriately used but a couple of attendant slips.

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