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− | + | The comic purports to show how to pronounce the word "Tuesday". However, it does so through the use of ambiguous comparison pronunciations as a guide. Often these guides are used to tell people how something is pronounced without resorting to the {{w|International Phonetic Alphabet}}, which most are unfamiliar with (or at least may have to check the more obscure symbols). Instead, one can directly {{wiktionary|Appendix:English pronunciation|quote familiar words}} that feature the phonemes, presuming only that any individual variations of accent and dialect vary uniformly (if at all) between both example and target words. | |
− | + | But ''these'' selected guide-words are confusingly chosen. They are heterophonic homographs – words that, under alternate contexts, are identically spelled but pronounced in very different ways. Moreover for most of them it is the less common homograph which matches the pronunciation in "Tuesday". | |
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(Note: General American pronunciations are primarily assumed here except when otherwise stated) | (Note: General American pronunciations are primarily assumed here except when otherwise stated) | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
− | ! Guide !! Correct | + | ! Guide !! Correct !! Other !! Notes |
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| Buffe'''t''' | | Buffe'''t''' | ||
| /ˈbʌf.ɪ'''t'''/ (verb: strike) | | /ˈbʌf.ɪ'''t'''/ (verb: strike) | ||
− | | /ˈbʌ. | + | | /ˈbʌ.fe'''ɪ'''/ (noun: self-serve diner) |
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| Min'''u'''te | | Min'''u'''te | ||
| /maɪˈn'''(j)uː'''t/ (adjective: small) | | /maɪˈn'''(j)uː'''t/ (adjective: small) | ||
| /ˈmɪn'''ɪ'''t/ (noun: unit of time) | | /ˈmɪn'''ɪ'''t/ (noun: unit of time) | ||
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| R'''e'''cord | | R'''e'''cord | ||
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− | | /ɹ'''i'''ˈkɔɹd/ (verb: write down/make permanent) | + | | /ɹ'''i'''ˈkɔɹd/ (verb: write down/make permanent)<br />/ˈɹ'''ɛ'''kərd/ or /ˈɹ'''ɛ'''k.ɚd/ or /ˈɹ'''ɛ'''k.ɔɹd/ (noun: thing containing information) |
− | < | + | | Neither is actually the correct e, the correct e would be silent. |
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| U'''s'''e | | U'''s'''e | ||
| /juː'''z'''/ (verb: to employ a thing for a particular end) | | /juː'''z'''/ (verb: to employ a thing for a particular end) | ||
− | | /juː'''s'''/ (noun: the | + | | /juː'''s'''/ (noun: the action of employing that thing) |
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| Mope'''d''' | | Mope'''d''' | ||
| /ˈmoʊ.pɛ'''d'''/ (noun: motor scooter with an engine smaller than 50cc) | | /ˈmoʊ.pɛ'''d'''/ (noun: motor scooter with an engine smaller than 50cc) | ||
− | | /moʊp'''t'''/ (verb: | + | | /moʊp'''t'''/ (verb: brooded, felt dejected) |
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| B'''a'''ss | | B'''a'''ss | ||
| /b'''eɪ'''s/ (noun: low-pitched notes and the instruments that play them) | | /b'''eɪ'''s/ (noun: low-pitched notes and the instruments that play them) | ||
| /b'''æ'''s/ (noun: fish) | | /b'''æ'''s/ (noun: fish) | ||
− | | | + | | /æ/ is also correct in New Zealand English. |
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− | /æ/ is also correct in New Zealand English. | ||
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| G'''y'''ro | | G'''y'''ro | ||
| /ˈj'''iː'''.ɹoʊ/, /ˈj'''ɪ'''ɹoʊ/ or /ˈʒ'''ɪ'''ɹoʊ/ (noun: meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie, in Greek cuisine) | | /ˈj'''iː'''.ɹoʊ/, /ˈj'''ɪ'''ɹoʊ/ or /ˈʒ'''ɪ'''ɹoʊ/ (noun: meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie, in Greek cuisine) | ||
| /ˈd͡ʒ'''aɪ'''.ɹoʊ/ (noun: gyroscope) | | /ˈd͡ʒ'''aɪ'''.ɹoʊ/ (noun: gyroscope) | ||
− | | The meat can also be pronounced like the gyroscope | + | | The meat can also be pronounced like the gyroscope. |
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− | Following this guide, a pronunciation of Tuesday as / | + | Following this guide, a pronunciation of Tuesday as /ɪiɛstæaɪ/ is possible. You can hear a pronunciation at [http://ipa-reader.xyz/?text=%C9%AA%C9%9Bst%C3%A6a%C9%AA http://ipa-reader.xyz]. |
The title text references how some people pronounce the word "pron'''u'''nciation" like "pron'''ou'''nce" (with /aʊ/) and others use a different vowel (/ʌ/). Here Randall is saying that he pronounces them with the 'u' from "p'''u'''tting" and the 'ou' from "w'''ou'''nd". If we take putting to mean /ˈp'''ʌ'''tɪŋ/ (golf) and wound as /w'''aʊ'''nd/ (coiled), this could mean he pronounces them using the commonly differing pronunciations. However those two words could also be pronounced /ˈp'''ʊ'''tɪŋ/ (placing) and /w'''u'''nd/ (injury), indicating a non-standard way of saying each word. In accents that lack the {{w|Phonological_history_of_English_close_back_vowels#FOOT–STRUT_split|FOOT–STRUT split}}, such as those in the north of England, both versions of "putting" would be pronounced identically. | The title text references how some people pronounce the word "pron'''u'''nciation" like "pron'''ou'''nce" (with /aʊ/) and others use a different vowel (/ʌ/). Here Randall is saying that he pronounces them with the 'u' from "p'''u'''tting" and the 'ou' from "w'''ou'''nd". If we take putting to mean /ˈp'''ʌ'''tɪŋ/ (golf) and wound as /w'''aʊ'''nd/ (coiled), this could mean he pronounces them using the commonly differing pronunciations. However those two words could also be pronounced /ˈp'''ʊ'''tɪŋ/ (placing) and /w'''u'''nd/ (injury), indicating a non-standard way of saying each word. In accents that lack the {{w|Phonological_history_of_English_close_back_vowels#FOOT–STRUT_split|FOOT–STRUT split}}, such as those in the north of England, both versions of "putting" would be pronounced identically. |