– American English Pronunciation –
– ( Letter O: Ox ) –
An alphabetical pronunciation guide of The Common Tongue — a.k.a. — American English Pronunciation, containing the phonetic spellings of a vast selection of common and not-so-common words in The English Language, with more words added daily.
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The pronunciations are not Universal as there are many different dialects of The English Language — both world-wide, and through-out America. The pronunciations that are presented here are based upon a combination of both common usage and the most neutral accent used in The International Common Tongue.Ox
Ob . Oc . Od . Oe . Of . Oh . Oi . Ok . Ol . Om . On . Op . Or . Ot . Ou . Ov . Ow
Oxygen
– For this word, the “O” is short, the “x” is pronounced like the “ks” combination, the “y” turns into an i-schwa, the “g” is soft, the “e” turns into an i-schwa
– /AHK-sih-dʒihn/ – /ˈɑk.sə(ɪ).dʒə(ɪ)n/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Oxygenate
– For this word, the “O” is short, the “x” is pronounced like the “ks” combination, the “y” turns into an i-schwa, the “g” is soft, the “e” turns into an i-schwa, and for the “-ate” suffix – the “a” is a True Long “A”, the “t” is (usually) stopped, and the final “e” is silent (this is one of two standard pronunciations of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /AHK-sih-dʒih-nay[t]/ – /ˈɑk.sə(ɪ).dʒə(ɪ).ne[t]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Oxymoron (oxy-Moron)
– For this word, the “O” is short, the “x” is pronounced like a “ks” combination, the “y” is pronounced like the long letter “e”, the second “o” is long, the third “o” is short
– /ahk-see-MOHR-ahn/ – /ɑk.siː.ˈmoɹ.ɑn/ – Notice also that the stress is on the third syllable –
– ( American English Pronunciation – Letter O ) –
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