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lemarja3
Slovenia

Can you help me, please?
 

How do you prononunce the past tense form ate?

I �ve seen in some of my dictionaries two different pronunciations - /et/ and /eit/.
Which pronunciation is more common in Great Britain?
Can you write any words in which we prononunce /e/ in the same way as in /et/  Thanks in advance �

16 Jan 2011      





blunderbuster
Germany

/eit/ is more common. When people say /et/, the "e" is rather long. 

16 Jan 2011     



Apodo
Australia

ate: eight gate late mate.
 
et: let met bet set get
 
I think which is most common depends on which part of Britain a person comes from.

16 Jan 2011     



lemarja3
Slovenia

May I ask another question: in which parts of GB do people prononce /et/? Thanks a lot.

16 Jan 2011     



redcamarocruiser
United States

This is an informal survey that speakers answered when asked about their prounciation of the wod ate. Although anecdotal, it lists the locations of the speakers.

http://community.livejournal.com/linguaphiles/2931299.html

I tried to find an isogloss map online, showing where the /et/ sound prevails, but was not successful.

16 Jan 2011