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Pronunciation of "intermediate" as /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdʒɪt/?
I've heard both "intermediate" and "immediate" pronounced /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdʒɪt/ and /ɪˈmiːdʒɪt/ respectively in Indian English. Wiktionary has /ɪˈmiːdʒɪt/ as an alternative pronunciation for immediate for ...
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Why is Indian English usually rhotic?
It seems that speakers of Indian English generally speak with a rhotic accent, pronouncing an [r] in all cases where spelled, whereas a speaker of British English would leave it off in postvocalic ...
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How is the name of the letter "Z" pronounced in Indian English?
How is the letter "Z" pronounced in Indian English?
I assumed that Indian English is more similar to British English than to American English, and therefore would pronounce it "Zed". But I came ...
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Stress shift amongst speakers from India
I've noticed that speakers from India shift the stress in some words such as 'adjective', 'sentence' or 'tendency'. They normally stress the second syllable and not the first one as most people are ...
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Pronunciation problem [closed]
I am from India. I am very eager to learn English. So I am used to add some English words with my language. But My friends says that you are having problem with your pronunciation. I tried a lot of ...
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What is the proper pronunciation for Kipling's character-name "Mowgli"?
Does the first syllable rhyme with “glow” or with “how”? It is no use appealing to the Hindi for “Little Frog” or anything else, since Kipling confessed to making ...
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