– American English Pronunciation –
– ( Letter R: Reg ) –
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[su_dropcap style=”flat”]T[/su_dropcap]he 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.
Reg
Ra . Rea . Reb . Rec . Red . Ref . Reh . Rej . Rel . Rem . Ren . Rep . Req . Res . Ret . Reu . Rev . Rew . Rh . Ri . Ro . Ru . Ry
Regard
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “g” is hard, the “a” is pronounced like the short letter “o”, and the final “d” is a flap-d but is (often) stopped
– /rə-GAHR-[d]/ – /ɹə.ˈgɑɹ.[ɾ]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Regarded
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “g” is hard, the “a” is pronounced like the short letter “o”, the first “d” is a flap-d, and since the root-word ends with the letter “d” – the “e” of the “-ed” ending turns into an i-schwa, and the final “d” is a flap-d but is (often) stopped
– /rə-GAHR-dih[d]/ – /ɹə.ˈɡɑɹ.ɾə(ɪ)[ɾ]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Regarding
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “g” is hard, the “a” is pronounced like the short letter “o”, the first “d” is a flap-d, 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)
– /rə-GAHR-ding/ – /ɹə.ˈgɑɹ.ɾɪŋ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Regime
– For this word, the “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “g” is pronounced like the voiced “sh” combination, the “i” is pronounced like the long letter “e”, and the final “e” is silent
– /rə-ZHEEM/ – /rə.ˈʒiːm/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Region
– For this word, the “e” is long, the “g” is soft, the “io” combination turns into an i-schwa
– /REE-dʒihn/ – /ˈɹiː.dʒə(ɪ)n/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Regional
– For this word, the “e” is long, the “g” is soft, the “io” combination turns into an i-schwa, and for the “-al” suffix – the “a” turns into a true-schwa (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /REE-dʒihn-əl/ – /ˈɹiː.dʒə(ɪ)n.əl/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Regions
– For this word, the “e” is long, the “g” is soft, the “io” combination turns into an i-schwa, and the final “s” is pronounced almost like the letter “z”
– /REE-dʒihn-z/ – /ˈɹiː.dʒə(ɪ)n.z/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Register
– For this word, the “e” is short,the “g” is soft, the “i” is an i-schwa, and for the “-er” suffix – the “e” disappears (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /REH-dʒihs-t’r/ – /ˈɹɛ.dʒə(ɪ)s.tɚ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Regret
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “g” is hard, the second “e” is short, and the final “t” is (often) stopped
– /rə-GREH[T]/ – /ɹə.ˈgɹɛ[t]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Regular
– For this word, the “e” is short, the “g” is hard, the “u” is pronounced like the pronoun “you”, and the “a” disappears
– /REH-gyoo-l’r/ – /ɹɛ.ˈgju.lɚ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Regularly
– For this word, the “e” is short, the “g” is hard, the “u” is pronounced like the pronoun “you”, the “a” disappears, and for the “-ly” suffix – the final “y” is pronounced like the long letter “e” (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /REHG-you-l’r-lee/ – /ˈɹɛ.gju.lɚ.liː/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Regulate
– For this word, the “e” is short, the “g” is hard, the “u” is pronounced like the pronoun “you”, for the “-ate” suffix – the “a” is a True Long “A”, the “t” is (usually) and the final “e” is silent (this is one of two standard pronunciations of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /REH-gyou-lay[t]/ – /ˈrɛ.gju.laiː[t]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Regulated
– For this word, the “e” is short, the “g” is hard, the “u” is pronounced like the pronoun “you”, for the “-ate” suffix – the “a” is a True Long “A”, the “t” is (usually) stopped but with the addition of the “-ed” ending – the “t” is a flap-t, and the “e” combines with the
“-ed” ending, and since the root-word ends with the sound of the letter “t” (even if it’s stopped) – the “e” of the “-ed” ending turns into an i-schwa, and the final “d” is a flap-d but is (often) stopped (this
is one of two standard pronunciations of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /REH-gyou-lay-dih[d]/ – /ˈrɛ.gju.laiː.ɾə(ɪ)[ɾ]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable and that the “d” ending (when not stopped) acts as a fifth syllable –
Regulation
– For this word, the “e” is short, the “g” is hard, the “u” is pronounced like the pronoun “you”, the “a” is a Long “A” / Long “E” Diphthong, and for the “-tion” suffix – the “ti” combination is pronounced like the un-voiced “sh” combination, and the “o” turns into an i-schwa (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /reh-gyoo-LAY-shihn/ – /ˌɹɛ.gju.ˈleiː.ʃə(ɪ)n/– Notice also that there is a minor stress on the first syllable and that the major stress is on the third syllable –
Regulations
– For this word, the “e” is short, the “g” is hard, the “u” is pronounced like the pronoun “you”, the “a” is a Long “A” / Long “E” Diphthong, for the “-tion” suffix – the “ti” combination is pronounced like the un-voiced “sh” combination, and the “o” turns into an i-schwa (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue), and the final “s” is pronounced almost like the letter “z”
– /reh-gyoo-LAY-shihn-z/ – /ˌɹɛ.gju.ˈleiː.ʃə(ɪ)n.z/– Notice also that there is a minor stress on the first syllable, the major stress is on the third syllable, and that the “z” ending acts as a fifth syllable –
– ( American English Pronunciation – Letter R ) –
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