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Foreign Sounds, Stress Marks, Variant Pronunciations

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Foreign Sounds KH as in Bach /bäKH/ A fricative consonant pronounced with the tongue in the same position as for /k/, as in German Buch and ich, or Scottish loch. N as in en route /äN "r]t/, Rodin /rO"daN/ The /N/ does not represent a separate sound; it indicates that the preceding vowel is nasalized, as in French bon (bon voyage) and en (en route). œ as in hors d'oeuvre /ôr "dœvr@/, Goethe /"gœt@/ A vowel made by rounding the lips as with /ô/ while saying /e/ or /A/, as in French boeuf and feu, or German Hölle and Höhle. Y as in Lully /lY"lE/, Utrecht /"Y%treKHt/ A vowel made by rounding the lips as with /[/ or /]/ while saying /i/ or /E/, as in French rue or German fühlen. Stress Marks Stress (or accent) is represented by marks placed before the affected syllable. The primary stress mark is a short, raised vertical line /"/ which signifies that the heaviest emphasis should be placed on the syllable that follows. The secondary stress mark is a short, lowered vertical line /% / which signifies a somewhat weaker emphasis than on the syllable with primary stress. Variant Pronunciations There are several ways in which variant pronunciations are indicated in the respellings. Some respellings show a pronunciation symbol within parentheses to indicate a possible variation in pronunciation; for example, in sandwich /"san(d)wicH/ sometimes the /d/ is pronounced, while at other times it is not. Variant pronunciations may be respelled in full, separated by semicolons. The more common pronunciation is listed first, if this can be determined, but many variants are so common and widespread as to be of equal status. 86

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Foreign Sounds
KH
as in
Bach
/b
ä
KH
/
A fricative consonant pronounced with the tongue in the same
position as for
/k/
, as in German
Buch
and
ich
, or Scottish
loch
.
N
as in
en route
/
ä
N
"r
]
t/
,
Rodin
/r
O
"da
N
/
The
/
N
/
does not represent a separate sound; it indicates that the
preceding vowel is nasalized, as in French
bon
(bon voyage) and
en
(en route).
œ
as in
hors d’oeuvre
/
ô
r "d
œ
vr@/
,
Goethe
/"g
œ
t@/
A vowel made by rounding the lips as with
/ô/
while saying
/e/
or /
A
/,
as in French
boeuf
and
feu
, or German
Hölle
and
Höhle
.
Y
as in
Lully
/lY"l
E
/
,
Utrecht
/"Y%tre
KH
t/
A vowel made by rounding the lips as with
/
[
/
or
/
]
/
while saying
/i/
or
/
E
/
, as in French
rue
or German
fühlen
.
Stress Marks
Stress (or accent) is represented by marks placed before the affected
syllable. The primary stress mark is a short, raised vertical line
/"/
which signifies that the heaviest emphasis should be placed on the
syllable that follows. The secondary stress mark is a short, lowered
vertical line
/%/
which signifies a somewhat weaker emphasis than on
the syllable with primary stress.
Variant Pronunciations
There are several ways in which variant pronunciations are indicated
in the respellings. Some respellings show a pronunciation symbol
within parentheses to indicate a possible variation in pronunciation; for
example, in
sandwich
/"san(d)wic
H
/
sometimes the
/d/
is
pronounced, while at other times it is not.
Variant pronunciations may be respelled in full, separated by
semicolons. The more common pronunciation is listed first, if this can
be determined, but many variants are so common and widespread as
to be of equal status.