[General] Pronunciation of 'Olympics'

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LiuJing

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Most dictionaries I have give the ‘O’ in Olympics an 'ə' sound as in ‘of‘.



Is the ‘ou’ sound as the letter 'O' also correct?

How about the ‘ɔ’ sound as in ‘off’?
 

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Listen here. The pronunciation is spot-on, so I assume it's "ə".
 

MartinEnglish

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why would you think the dictionaries might be wrong? I don't know about US English but in the UK we say 'ə'
 
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