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[su_dropcap style=”flat”]A[/su_dropcap]n 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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[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.
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0 – Zero – For this “number”, the “e” is long, and the “o” is also long – /ZEE-roh/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mLHCUQAsU
1 – One – For this number, the “O” is pronounced like a “w” and short letter “u” combination, and the final “e” is silent – /wuhn/ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mLHCUQAsU
2 – Two – For this number, the “wo” combination sounds like the “oo” combination – /too/ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mLHCUQAsU
3 – Three – For this number, the “Th” combination is un-voiced, and the “ee” combination is pronounced simply like the long letter “e” – /three/ – (Notice also that this word’s natural spelling is already spelled phonetically) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mLHCUQAsU
4 – Four – For this number, the “ou” combination sounds like the long letter “o” – /fohr/ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mLHCUQAsU
5 – Five – For this number, the “i” is long, and the final “e” is silent – /faiv/ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mLHCUQAsU
6 – Six – For this number, the “i” is short, and the “x” sounds like the “ks” combination – /sihks/ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mLHCUQAsU
7 – Seven – For this number, the first “e” is short, and the second “e” turns into an i-schwa – /SEH-və(ɪ)n/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mLHCUQAsU
8 – Eight – For this number, the “Ei” combination is pronounced like the Long “A” / Long “E” Diphthong, and the “gh” combination is silent – /ayt/ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mLHCUQAsU
9 – Nine – For this number, the “i” is long, and the final “e” is silent – /nain/ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mLHCUQAsU
10 – Ten – For this number, the “e” is short – /tehn/ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mLHCUQAsU
For more explanations about how to pronounce these and other numbers, see also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxCld1SGrEE
11 – This number is pronounced – /ee-LEH-vihn/ – Notice that the stress is on the second syllable.
12 – This number is pronounced – /twehl-ve/ – Notice that the “v” ending acts as a separate syllable.
13 – This number is pronounced – /th’r-TEEN/ – Notice that the stress is on the second syllable.
14 – This number is pronounced – /fohr-TEEN/ – Notice that the stress is on the second syllable.
15 – This number is pronounced – /fihf-TEEN/ – Notice that the stress is on the second syllable.
16 – This number is pronounced – /sih-ks-TEEN/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable and that the “ks” sound of the letter “x” acts as a separate syllable.
17 – This number is pronounced – /seh-vihn-TEEN/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
18 – This number is pronounced – /ay[t]-TEEN/ – Notice that the stress is on the second syllable.
19 – This number is pronounced – /nain-TEEN/ – Notice that the stress is on the second syllable.
20 – This number is pronounced – /TWEHN-[t]ee/ – Notice that the stress is on the first syllable.
21 – This number is pronounced – /twehn-[t]ee-WUHN/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
22 – This number is pronounced – /twehn-[t]ee-TOO/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
23 – This number is pronounced – /twehn-[t]ee-THREE/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
24 – This number is pronounced – /twehn-[t]ee-FOHR/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
25 – This number is pronounced – /twehn-[t]ee-FAIV/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
26 – This number is pronounced – /twehn-[t]ee-SIH-ks/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable and that the “ks” sound of the letter “x” acts as a separate syllable.
27 – This number is pronounced – /twehn-[t]ee-SEH-vihn/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
28 – This number is pronounced – /twehn-[t]ee-AY[T]/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
29 – This number is pronounced – /twehn-[t]ee-NAIN/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
30 – This number is pronounced – /TH’R-dee/ – Notice that the stress is on the first syllable.
31 – This number is pronounced – /th’r-dee-WUHN/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
32 – This number is pronounced – /th’r-dee-TOO/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
33 – This number is pronounced – /th’r-dee-THREE/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
34 – This number is pronounced – /th’r-dee-FOHR/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
35 – This number is pronounced – /th’r-dee-FAIV/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
36 – This number is pronounced – /th’r-dee-SIH-ks/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable and that the “ks” sound of the letter “x” acts as a separate syllable.
37 – This number is pronounced – /th’r-dee-SEH-vihn/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
38 – This number is pronounced – /th’r-dee-AY[T]/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
39 – This number is pronounced – /th’r-dee-NAIN/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
40 – This number is pronounced – /FOHR-dee/ – Notice that the stress is on the first syllable.
45 – This number is pronounced – /fohr-dee-FAIV/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
50 – This number is pronounced – /FIHF-dee/ – Notice that the stress is on the first syllable.
52 – This number is pronounced – /fihf-dee-TOO/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
55 – This number is pronounced – /fihf-dee-FAIV/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
60 – This number is pronounced – /SIH-ks-dee/ – Notice that the stress is on the first syllable and that the “ks” sound of the letter “x” acts as a separate syllable.
66 – This number is pronounced – /sih-ks-dee-SIH-ks/ – Notice that the stress is on the fourth syllable and that the “ks” sound of the letters “x” acts as separate syllables.
70 – This number is pronounced – /SEH-vihn-dee/ – Notice that the stress is on the first syllable.
77 – This number is pronounced – /seh-vihn-dee-SEH-vihn/ – Notice that the stress is on the forth syllable.
80 – This number is pronounced – /AY-dee/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable.
88 – This number is pronounced – /ay-dee-AY[T]/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
90 – This number is pronounced – /NAIN-dee/ – Notice that the stress is on the first syllable.
91 – This number is pronounced – /nain-dee-WUHN/ – Notice that the stress is on the third syllable.
100 – This number is pronounced in two ways. Either – /wuhn-HUN-dʒrih[d]/ – Or – /uh-HUHN-dʒrih[d]/ – Notice that the stress is on the second syllable.
150 – This number is spoken as – “One– Hundred–Fifty“
600 – This number is spoken as – “Six–Hundred“
650 – This number is spoken as – “Six–Hundred Fifty“
1556 – This number is spoken as – “One–Thousand Five–Hundred Fifty–Six“
2500 – This number is spoken as – “Two–Thousand Five–Hundred“ – Or – “Twenty–Five Hundred“
7,000 – This number is spoken as – “Seven–Thousand“
8,000 – This number is spoken as – “Eight–Thousand“
10,500 – This number is spoken as – “Ten–Thousand Five–Hundred“
12,000 – This number is spoken as – “Twelve–Thousand“
18,000 – This number is spoken as – “Eighteen–Thousand“
36,518 – This number is spoken as – “Thirty–Six Thousand, Five–Hundred, Eighteen“
65,000 – This number is spoken as – “Sixty–Five Thousand“
80,000 – This number is spoken as – “Eighty–Thousand“
100,000 – This number is spoken as – “One–Hundred Thousand“
200,000 – This number is spoken as – “Two–Hundred Thousand“
240,000 – This number is spoken as – “Two–Hundred Fourty–Thousand“
495,802 – This number is spoken as – “Four–Hundred Ninety–Five–Thousand, Eight–Hundred Two“
750,000 – This number is spoken as – “Seven–Hundred Fifty Thousand“
4th – This number with the “th” added to it is pronounced
– /FOHR-th/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable
8th – This number with the “th” added to it is pronounced
– /AY-th/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable
9th – This number with the “th” added to it is pronounced
– /NAIN-th/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable
12th – This number with the “th” added to it is pronounced
– /TWEHLF-th/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable
14th – This number with the “th” added to it is pronounced
– /four-TEEN-th/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable
19th – This number with the “th” added to it is pronounced
– /nain-TEEN-th/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable
20th – This number with the “th” added to it is pronounced
– /TWEHN-tee-ihth/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable
21st – For this number with the “st” added to it, we say – “Twenty–First“
– /twehn-tee-F’R-s[t]/ – /tuɛn.tiː.ˈfɚ.s[t]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the third syllable –
22nd – For this number with the “nd” added to it, we say – “Twenty–Second“
– /twehn-tee-SEH-kihn-[t]/ – /tuɛn.tiː.ˈsɛ.kə(ɪ)n.[t]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the third syllable –
23rd – For this number with the “rd” added to it, we say – “Twenty–Third“
– /twehn-tee-T’R-[d]/ – /tuɛn.tiː.ˈθɚ.[ɾ]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the third syllable –
30th – This number with the “th” added to it is pronounced
– /TH’R-dee-ihth/ – /ˈθəɹ.ɾiː.ə(ɪ)θ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
31st – This number, with the “st” added to it is pronounced
– /TH’R-dee-firs-[t]/ – /ˈθəɹ.ɾiː.fɚs.[t]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable and that the “t” ending (when not stopped) acts as a separate syllable –
40th – This number, with the “th” added to it is pronounced
– /FOHR-dee-ihth/ – /ˈfoɹ.ɾiː.ɪθ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
230th – This number, with the “th” added to it is pronounced
– /two-hun-dʒrih[d]- TH’R-dee-yihth/ – /tu.hʌn.dʒɹɪ[ɾ].ˈθɚ.ɾiː.jə(ɪ)θ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the fourth syllable –
2/3rds – Though it not necessary to add the “rds” to the end of this fractional number (because it is pronounced as such, with or without it) it is sometimes written this way. It is spoken as – “Two Thirds”
1.3 – This number is spoken as – “One–Point–Three“
2.0 – This number is spoken as – “Two Point Oh“
3 1/2 – This number is spoken as – “Three–And–A–Half“
4.5 – This number is spoken as – “Four–Point–Five“
24/7 – This number (referring to the slang term, rather than an actual fraction) is spoken as – “Twenty–Four–Seven“
17.38% – This number is spoken as – “Seventeen Point Thirty–Eight Percent“
80,000km – For this measure of distance we say… “Eighty–Thousand Kilometers“
(the) 80s – This number, with the “s” added to it is representing the time period of the 1980s (Jan. 1st 1980 – Dec. 31st 1989) and is pronounce like the number 80 with the “s” sounding almost like the letter “z”
– /AY-deez/ – Notice that the stress is on the first syllable –
(the) 90s – This number, with the “s” added to it is representing the time period of the 1990s (Jan. 1st 1990 – Dec. 31st 1999) and is pronounced like the number 90 with the “s” sounding almost like the letter “z”
– /NAIN-deez/ – Notice that the stress is on the first syllable –
1756 – This year is spoken as… “Seventeen–Fifty–Six“ – Notice that the 4-digit number is spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
1791 – This year is spoken as… “Seventeen-Ninety–One“ – Notice that the 4-digit number is spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
1876 – This year is spoken as… “Eighteen–Seventy–Six“ – Notice that the 4-digit number is spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
1900 – This year is spoken as… “Nineteen–Hundred“ – Notice that the 4-digit number is spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
1900s – This time reference is spoken as… “The Nineteen–Hundreds”
1907 – This year is spoken as… “Nineteen–Oh–Seven“ – Notice that the 4-digit number is spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
1960s – For this Number (with the “s” ending representing “all of the years between 1960-1969) we say… “The Nineteen-Sixties” – (Notice also that we added the article “the” before the number)
1969 – This year is spoken as… “Nineteen–Sixty–Nine“ – Notice that the 4-digit number is spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
1983 – This year is spoken as… “Nineteen–Eighty–Three“ – Notice that the 4-digit number is spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
1984 – This year is spoken as… “Nineteen–Eighty–Four“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number is spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
1986 – This year is spoken as… “Nineteen–Eighty–Six“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number is spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
1987 – This year is spoken as… “Nineteen–Eighty–Seven“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number is spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
1992 – This year is spoken as… “Nineteen–Ninety–Two“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number is spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
1999 – This year is spoken as… “Nineteen–Ninety–Nine“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number is spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
2000 – This year is spoken as… “Two–Thousand“
2001 – This year is spoken as… “Two–Thousand–One“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number is not spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers. This is because there are two zeros in the middle of the number
2003 – This year is spoken as… “Two–Thousand–Three“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number is not spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers. This is because there are two zeros in the middle of the number
2004 – This year is spoken as… “Two–Thousand–Four“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number is not spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers. This is because there are two zeros in the middle of the number
2005 – This year is spoken as… “Two–Thousand–Five“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number is not spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers. This is because there are two zeros in the middle of the number
2006 – This year is spoken as… “Two–Thousand–Six“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number is not spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers. This is because there are two zeros in the middle of the number
2008 – This year is spoken as… “Two–Thousand–Eight“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number is not spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers. This is because there are two zeros in the middle of the number
2009 – This year is spoken as… “Two–Thousand–Nine“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number is not spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers. This is because there are two zeros in the middle of the number
2010 – This year is spoken as… “Two–Thousand–Ten“ – OR – “Twenty–Ten“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number is spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
2011 – This year is spoken as… “Two–Thousand–Eleven“
2012 – This year is spoken as… “Two–Thousand–Twelve“ – OR – “Twenty–Twelve“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number is spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
2013 – This year is spoken as… “Two–Thousand–Thirteen“ – OR – “Twenty–Thirteen“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number can be spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
2014 – This date is spoken as… “Two–Thousand–Fourteen“ -Or- “Twenty–Fourteen“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number can be spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
2060 –This date is spoken as – “Two–Thousand–Sixty“ -Or- “Twenty Sixty“ – Notice also that the 4-digit number can be spoken like two separate 2-digit numbers
2100 – This date is spoken as – “Twenty–One–Hundred“
$25 – This monetary unit is spoken as… “Twenty–Five Dollars“ – (The word “Dollars” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
$120 – This monetary unit is spoken as… “One–Hundred Twenty Dollars“ – (The word “Dollars” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
$314.50 – This monetary unit is spoken as… “Three–Hundred Fourteen Dollars, and Fifty Cents” – (The word “Dollars” is spoken after the decimal point and not at the end [like with Euros])
£2,000 – This monetary unit is spoken as… “Two–Thousand Pounds” – (The word “pounds” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
$44,000 – This monetary unit is spoken as… “Forty–Four Thousand Dollars“ – (The word “dollars” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
£50 Million – This monetary amount is spoken as… “Fifty Million Pounds” – (The word “pounds” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
$88,000 – This monetary amount is spoken as… “Eighty–Eight Thousand Dollars” – (The word “dollars” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
$100k – This monetary amount is spoken as… “One–Hundred Thousand Dollars” – (the “k” represents the number 1000 in “Roman Numerals” and the word “dollars” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
$101,360 – This monetary unit is spoken as… “One–Hundred–One Thousand, Three–Hundred Sixty Dollars“ – (The word “dollars” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
$102,000 – This monetary unit is spoken as… “One–Hundred, Two–Thousand Dollars“ (The word “dollars” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
£141,500 – This monetary amount is spoken as… “One–Hundred–Forty-One-Thousand, Five–Hundred Pounds” – (The word “pounds” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
$250,000 – This monetary unit is spoken as… “Two–Hundred, Fifty–Thousand Dollars“ (The word “dollars” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
£500,000 – This monetary unit is spoken as… “Five–Hundred–Thousand Pounds” – (The word “pounds” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
£700,000 – This monetary unit is spoken as… “Seven–Hundred–Thousand Pounds” – (The word “pounds” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
$1,000,000 – This monetary amount is spoken as… “One–Million Dollars“ – (The word “dollars” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
$3m – This monetary amount is spoken as… “Three–Million Dollars“ – (The word “dollars” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
$1,225,000 – This monetary amount is spoken as… “One Million, Two–Hundred Twenty–Five Thousand Dollars“ – (The word “dollars” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
$1,537,292 – This monetary amount is spoken as… “One Million, Five–Hundred Thirty–Seven Thousand, Two–Hundred Ninety–Two Dollars“ – (The word “dollars” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
$2,000,000 – This monetary amount is spoken as… “Two–Million Dollars“ – (The word “dollars” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
£20.1m – This monetary amount is spoken as… “Twenty Point One Million Pounds” – (The word “pounds” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
$400 Million – This monetary amount is spoken as… “Four–Hundred Million Dollars“ – (The word “dollars” is always spoken after the number, even though the symbol goes in front of the number)
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