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Message board > Pronunciation ... not so easy to get it right !
Pronunciation ... not so easy to get it right !
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aliciapc
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Pronunciation ... not so easy to get it right !
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27 Mar 2010
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anitarobi
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All of you who love these pronunciation conundrums, check this out
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27 Mar 2010
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anahutten
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The sound may be the same, but the LENGHT of it is not... /I/ is short /i:/ is long. There is definetly a difference! Saying ship and sheep the same way may create only a little confusion but if you pronuonce sheet and shit the same, someone maybe offended!!! |
27 Mar 2010
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almaz
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"I just wanted to let all English teachers know that we can pronounce i and ee the same way and it �s ok !!"
What a strange thing to say! Of course, they �re pronounced differently. Ship and sheep are classic minimal pairs (there �s even a book entitled Ship or Sheep?) |
27 Mar 2010
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aliciapc
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Hi almaz, I know it sounds REALLY strange, but I guess the context is more important than the vowel sound in this case. I think the teachers who have stated there �s no difference and are native speakers - we are not ! - can be trusted ... at least by me !
Now I see anahutten says differently, which I �m happy to hear ( I suppose you �re a native, too, Ana?) but it only confuses me more ... Well, at least I got another native giving her opinion, which is really helpful !
As I said, I can �t believe DICTIONARIES give us the wrong pronunciation !! |
27 Mar 2010
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aliciapc
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Yes, Jayho, I went back to the original post and I see they were talking about Br and Am difference in particular, I don�t know what I was reading !! Thank you for clarifying, sorry, my mistake. But at least now I know I haven�t pronounced it wrong all my life ! Thank you, Alexander, too !! |
27 Mar 2010
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almaz
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Alicia, I am a native speaker, trust me. |
27 Mar 2010
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Jayho
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Hi Alicia
I think you misunderstood what Bruce and Douglas said. My interpretation of their responses is that in both countries the pronunciation of each of those words is the same i.e ship is pronounced the same in UK and US English. This is in contrast to some other words such as new where the pronunciation is different.
Cheers -- Jayho |
27 Mar 2010
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aliciapc
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I do trust you, Alexander ! And now I see I got it all wrong, I checked the original thread, thank you Jayho !! Sorry I misunderstood ! I guess I was tired or sleepy and I didn �t get the part of Br and Am pronunciation !!  Thank you all for the help, now at least I �m happy it �s always been correct to say / I / and / i: / !!
Thanks a lot, all of you natives who clarify our doubts ! |
27 Mar 2010
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aliciapc
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Thank you, Anita, I �ve seen it before, very interesting but sometimes difficult to read properly and without thinking pauses !! |
27 Mar 2010
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lshorton99
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I was explaining the difference to some FCE students a while back and they took great delight in saying �I �d like a sheet ... (pause) ...of paper! � The Spanish pronounciation makes �sheet � and �shit � sound very similar so they had hours of fun with that!
BTW - I have also been a native speaker all my life!
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27 Mar 2010
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