The English language pronunciation thread

[Elta]

How do you (as in where your from not necessarily what is 'correct' since that is subjective)

pronounce swaths?


Ibuprofen


Gass street.

There is a street called Gass st. here in Vegas, when I live on it in the pre internet era it was hell giving directions because everyone had a different idea of how it was pronounced.

I've heard.

Gas
Gase
Gause
Ghos
Ghase
Gooss

And everyone is always absolutely sure they are saying it the proper way.

 

[TheAlamo]

You spelled "American" language wrong.

 

[say1988]

The first, I don't know how to explain in writing.

Ibuprofen: I - boo - pro - fin

The last, I would pronounce it as gas, as in gasoline. But I would guess that it is named after a person, so for the correct pronunciation, you may need to find where it comes from.

 

[Elta]

You spelled "American" language wrong.

Your name "*double login" is spelled wrong.


* I'd say, but I don't want to get yellow cardedfor 'trolling'

 

[Godwynn]

I-byew-pro-fin

 

[Bill3000]

Ibuprofen is /ˈaɪ.bu.proʊ.fn̩ /

 

[Elta]

Ibuprofen is /ˈaɪ.bu.proʊ.fn̩ /

I learned what each of those letters mean in detail not one year ago and I've already forgotten


Fun fact - In the 70s for two years after the U.S. dropped the gold standard your Tunisian money was insured in Ibuprofen.

 

[mangxema]

Pretty much how they are all written, except for the 'byu' in ibuprofen. But I've never heard a doctor or nurse pronounce it any other way.

 

[Elta]

]Pretty much how they are all written[/B], except for the 'byu' in ibuprofen. But I've never heard a doctor or nurse pronounce it any other way.

That's all speculative brah.



Personally - I say Ivy - Pro - Fin.

The others *shrug*


P.S. how about some new words guys?

 

[Godwynn]

meme?

I want to say meeeeeeeeem.

 

[gugalpm]

ibuprofen |ˌībyoōˈprōfən|

That's how I say it.

I'd say "Gass" street, like in the British "mass".

 

[Zkribbler]

How do you (as in where your from not necessarily what is 'correct' since that is subjective)

pronounce swaths?

It rhymes with "moths."

There is a street called Gass st. here in Vegas, when I live on it in the pre internet era it was hell giving directions because everyone had a different idea of how it was pronounced.

L.A. has an interesting street. Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills is pronounced Ro-DAY-o, but once it enters L.A. it's pronounced RO-de-o.

 

[Integral]

meme?

I want to say meeeeeeeeem.

While I also pronounce it as one syllable, with a long 'e', [wiki]Bakemonogatari[/wiki] renders it me-me, with the 'e' pronounced as in 'exactly'.

 

[Cato the Elder]

Privacy and vitamin with long i or with short i?

 

[Integral]

Privacy and vitamin with long i or with short i?

Long i. No exceptions.

 

[Godwynn]

Privacy and vitamin with long i or with short i?

I don't know what long or short I means, but it sounds exactly like the words "pry" or "sky."

I have known some old people who say vitamin the other way, though. They are few and far between.

 

[Bill3000]

Privacy and vitamin with long i or with short i?

Stop using 600-700 year old obsolete phonetic descriptions of English

 

[Elta]

Long i. No exceptions.

I pronounce it with the shot i "british style" just to get odd looks from people.

I have a handful of words I do that with in English/Spanish/Portuguese.

Obviously- Spain Spanish and Portugal Portugese for the last two

 

[scherbchen]

IPA required for this thread, otherwise it is utterly, utterly pointless.

 

[tycoonist]

Privacy and vitamin with long i or with short i?

privacy = long
vitamin = short

that is the English way.