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| In Br English would the words "Ireland" and "island" be pronounced the same or is there a slight difference? Would you say /ailənd/ for both, or /ailənd/ for "island" and /aiələnd/ for "Ireland" ? Are there two ways of pronouncing "debris", /deibri/ and /dɛbri/ ? Is the final /i/ short or long? All the best, Hela Last edited by hela; 22-Jan-2007 at 07:06. |
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| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source is·land ![]() /ˈaɪ lənd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ahy-luh nd] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun A tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source Ire·land ![]() /ˈaɪər lənd/Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ahyuh r-luh nd]Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation–noun Republic of. Formerly, Irish Free State (1922–37), Eire (1937–49). a republic occupying most of the island of Ireland. 3,555,500; 27,137 sq. mi. (70,285 sq. km). Capital: Dublin. Irish, Eire. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source de·bris ![]() /dəˈbri, ˈdeɪ bri or, especially Brit., ˈdɛb ri/Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[duh-bree, dey-bree or, especially Brit., deb-ree]Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation–noun The remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble: the debris of buildings after an air raid. |
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| Good morning Curmudgeon, Thank you for your mail but I couldn't hear the pronunciation of the words on "Dictionary.com Unabridged"; I need to be a subscriber to do that, don't I? Have a nice day |
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| It appears that you do...I didn't know that!. I'll see if I can find another site. |
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| Try this... Go to 'control panel' on your pc. Click on 'Speech'. Click on 'Text to Speech' Tab. Type in- Ireland, Island then click preview voice. You should be able to detect the difference. You can slow down the speech to make it clearer. It's not perfect, it's a computer generated 'voice' but it might help. |
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| You can get it from Merriam Webster for free: Definition of Ireland - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Definition of island - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary |
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The final vowel in /'debri:/ is long, even in the AmE pronunciation (/də'bri:/). b Last edited by BobK; 22-Jan-2007 at 16:56. Reason: Added last line. |
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| American English doesn't have phonemic length distinction. I would pronoucne "debris" as [dəbri]. |
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| Thanks to everyone Thanks Bob for confirming my transcriptions. It's strange that Collins Dict. gives the sound /i/ in "debris" as short while I thought that it could rather be long (which you confirmed) since the word comes from French. Isn't it the same for "chassis"? Pronounced "sh" and not "tch" with a long /i/ at the end? Have a nice day! |
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