– American English Pronunciation –
– ( Letter C: Cy ) –
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Cy
Ca . Ce . Ch . Ci . Cl . Coa-Col . Com . Con . Coo-Coz . Cr . Cu
Cycle
– For this word, the “C” is soft, the “y” is pronounced like the “igh” combination, the second “c” is hard, there is a phantom-schwa in-between the “c” and the “l” (this is the standard pronunciation of this letter combination in The Common Tongue), and the final “e” is silent
– /SIGH-kə/ – /ˈsʌiː.kəl/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Cycling
– For this word, the “C” is soft, the “y” is pronounced like the “igh” combination, the second “c” is hard, there is a phantom-schwa in-between the “c” and the “l” (this is the standard pronunciation of this letter combination in The Common Tongue), and the “-ing” suffix is pronounced like in the word “sing” or “ring” (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /SIGH-kə-ling/ – /ˈsʌiː.kə.lɪŋ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Cynical
– For this word, the “C” is soft, the “y” is pronounced like the short letter “i”, for the “-ic” suffix – the “i” is an i-schwa, and the final “c” is hard but is (sometimes) stopped (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue), and for the “-al” suffix – the “a” turns into a true-schwa (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /SIH-nih-kəl/ – /ˈsɪ.nə(ɪ).kəl/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
( American English Pronunciation – Letter C ) –
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