– American English Pronunciation –
– ( Letter R: Rem ) –
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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.
Rem
Ra . Rea . Reb . Rec . Red . Ref . Reg . Reh . Rej . Rel . Ren . Rep . Req . Res . Ret . Reu . Rev . Rew . Rh . Ri . Ro . Ru . Ry
Remain
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, and the “ai” combination is pronounced like the Long “A” / Long “E” Dipthong (this is the standard pronunciation of this letter combination in The Common Tongue)
– /rə-MAYN/ – /ɹə.meiːn/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Remaining
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, and the “ai” combination is pronounced like the Long “A” / Long “E” Dipthong (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)
– /rə-MAY-ning/ – /ɹə.ˈmeiː.nɪŋ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Remains
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, and the “ai” combination is pronounced like the Long “A” / Long “E” Dipthong (this is the standard pronunciation of this letter combination in The Common Tongue), and the final “s” is pronounced almost like the letter “z”
– /rə-MAYN-z/ – /ɹə.ˈmeiːn.z/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable and that the “z” ending acts as a third syllable –
Remark
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “a” is pronounced like the short letter “o”, and the final “k” is (often) stopped
– /rə-MAHR-[k]/ – /ɹə.ˈmɑɹ.[k]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable and that the “k” ending (when not stopped) acts like a third syllable –
Remarkable
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “a” is pronounced like the short letter “o”, and for the “-able” suffix – the “a” turns into a u-schwa, there is a phantom-schwa in-between the “b” and the “l” (this is a product of the transition from one sound to the next), and the final “e” is silent (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /rə-MAHR-kuh-bəl/ – /ɹə.ˈmɑɹ.kə(ʌ).bəl/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Remedy
– For this word, the first “e” is short, the second “e” is an i-schwa, the “d” is a flap-d, and the final “y” is pronounced like the long letter “e”
– /REH-mih-dee/ – /ˈɹɛ.mə(ɪ).ɾiː/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Remember
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “e” is short, and the third “e” disappears
– /rə-MEHM-b’r/ – /ɹə.ˈmɛm.bɚ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Remind
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “i” is long, and the final “d” is (often) stopped
– /rə-MAIN-[d]/ – /ɹə.ˈmaiːn.[d]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable and that the “d” ending (when not stopped) acts as a third syllable –
Reminded
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “i” is long, the “e” of the “-ed” ending turns into an i-schwa, and the final “d” is a flap-d but is (often) stopped
– /rə-MAIN-dih[d]/ – /ɹə.ˈmaiːn.də(ɪ)[ɾ]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable and that the “d” ending (when not stopped) acts as a third syllable –
Reminder
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “i” is long, and for the “-er” suffix – the “e” disappears (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /rə-MAIN-d’r/ – /ɹə.ˈmaiːn.dɚ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Remodelling
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “o” is short, the “d” is a flap-d, the second “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “ll” combination is pronounced simply like the single letter “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)
– /rə-MAH-də-ling/ – /ɹə.ˈmɑ.ɾə.lɪŋ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Remorse
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “o” is long, and the final “e” is silent
– /rə-MOHR-s/ – /ɹə.ˈmoɹ.s/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable and that the “s” ending acts as a third syllable –
Remote
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “o” is long, the “t” is (often) stopped, and the final “e” is silent
– /rə-MOH-[t]/ – /ɹə.ˈmo.[t]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Removal
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “o” is pronounced like the long letter “u”, and for the “-al” suffix – the “a” turns into a true-schwa (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /rə-MOO-vəl/ – /ɹə.ˈmu.vəl/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Remove
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “o” is pronounced like the long letter “u”, and the final “e” is silent
– /rə-MOOV/ – /ɹə.ˈmuv/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Removed
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “o” is pronounced like the long letter “u”, and since the root-word ends with the sound of the letter “v” – the “e” of the “-ed” ending is silent, and the final “d” is (often) stopped
– /rə-MOOV-[d]/ – /ɹə.ˈmuv.[d]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable and that the “d” ending (when not stopped) acts as a third syllable –
– ( American English Pronunciation – Letter R ) –
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