– American English Pronunciation –
– ( Letter R: Rev ) –
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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.
Rev
Ra . Rea . Reb . Rec . Red . Ref . Reg . Reh . Rej . Rel . Rem . Ren . Rep . Req . Res . Ret . Reu . Rew . Rh . Ri . Ro . Ru . Ry
Reveal
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “e” is long, and the “a” turns into a u-schwa
– /rə-VEE-əl/ – /ɹə.ˈviː.əl/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Revealed
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a u-schwa, the “ea” combination is pronounced simply like the single long letter “e”, the “e” of the “-ed” ending is silent, and the final “d” is a flap-d but is (often) stopped
– /ruh-VEEL-[d]/ – /ɹə(ʌ).ˈviːl.[ɾ]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Revenge
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the second “e” is short, the “g” is soft, and the final “e” is silent
– /rə-VEHN-dʒ/ – /ɹə.ˈvɛn.dʒ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable and that the soft “g” ending acts as a third syllable –
Revenue
– For this word, the first “e” is short, the second “e” turns into an i-schwa, and the “ue” combination is pronounced simply like the single long letter “u”
– /REH-vih-noo/ – /ˈɹɛ.və(ɪ).nu/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Reverence
– For this word, the first “e” is short, the second “e” disappears, and for the “-ence” suffix – the “e” turns into an i-schwa, the “c” is soft,
and the final “e” is silent (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /REHV-rihn-s/ – /ˈɹɛv.ɹə(ɪ)n.s/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable and that the “s” ending acts as a third syllable –
Reverse
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the second “e” disappears, and the final “e” is silent
– /rə-V’R-s/ – /ɹə.ˈvɚ.s/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable and that the “s” ending acts as a third syllable –
Review
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “i” is pronounced like the consonant letter “y”, and the “ew” combination is pronounced like the long letter “u”
– /rə-VYOO/ – /ɹə.ˈvju/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Revise
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the “i” is long, the “s” is pronounced almost like the letter “s”, and the final “e” is silent
– /rə-VAIZ/ – /ɹə.ˈvaiːz/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Revision
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a true-schwa, the first “i” is short, and for the “-sion” suffix – the “si” combination is pronounced like the voiced “sh” combination, and the “o” turns into an i-schwa (this is one of two standard pronunciations of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /rə-VIH-zhihn/ – /ɹə.ˈvɪ.ʒə(ɪ)n/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Revive
– For this word, the first “e” turns into an i-schwa, the “i” is long, and the final “e” is silent
– /rih-VAIV/ – /ɹə(ɪ).ˈvaiːv/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Revoke
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a trues-schwa, the “o” is long, the “k” is (often) stopped, and the final “e” is silent
– /rə-VOH[K]/ – /ɹə.ˈvo[k]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
Revoked
– For this word, the first “e” turns into a trues-schwa, the “o” is long, the “k” is (usually) stopped, the final “e” combines with the “-ed” ending, and since the root-word ends with the sound of the letter “k” (even if it is stopped) – the “e” of the “-ed” ending is silent, and the final “d” is pronounced like the letter “t”
– /rə-VOH[K]-t/ – /ɹə.ˈvo[k].t/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable and that the “t” ending acts as a separate syllable –
Revolution
– For this word, the “e” is short, the “o” turns into a true-schwa, the “u” is long, 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-və-LOO-shihn/ – /ˌɹɛ.və.ˈlu.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 –
– ( American English Pronunciation – Letter R ) –
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