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Is /d/ silent..?
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Pretty3
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Is /d/ silent..?
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Hi,
Is the letter /d/ silent in this word: Hedge??
As I lisented to it , it is silent.
I just want to make sure.
Best regards,
:-)
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11 Oct 2014
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Pretty3
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Glutenfree,
In Dictionary.com , it is written : /hej/. I heard. /d/ is very very soft.
Am I right? |
11 Oct 2014
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Pretty3
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Glutenfree,
In Dictionary.com , it is written : /hej/. I heard. /d/ is very very soft.
Am I right? |
11 Oct 2014
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yanogator
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In my experience, /dʒ/ and /j/ are the same sound. It �s just that /dʒ/ is easier for people in other countries to understand, since they might have the letter "j", with a totally different pronunciation (one sound in German and Slavic languages, and a totally different sound in Spanish). As I say various words with that sound, I hear a very slight stop with the tongue before the /j/ sound in "hedge", so you could say that the "d" is pronounced, but it is so slight that it really is better just to ignore the question, if you can.Bruce |
11 Oct 2014
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Zora
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I agree with Bruce that the two sounds are the practically same. In my opinion, your best bet is to find a word in your own language that has the sound that you are looking for and relate it to that sound instead of using phonetic symbols that few people know how to use, or even know what the symbols sound like.
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11 Oct 2014
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MoodyMoody
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Technically, /ʤ/ is an affricate, composed of the stop /d/ and the fricative /ʒ/. The /d/ is actually palatized; the tongue tip is placed farther back on the alveolar ridge than for the pure stop.
This is the International Phonetic Alphabet, which is the standard for the sounds. Since many English speakers are not familiar with it, many English language dictionaries use other systems to represent pronunciation. My guess is that Dictionary.com is using one of those other systems with "j" instead of /dʒ/.
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