I’ve been an avid reader since I was 6/7 and I hate reading dictionary listings with phonetic spellings as ironically they only make it harder for me to know how to pronounce a word. I’m also a native speaker.
This one seems like it’s very accent-dependent. A cockney geezer will definitely say “be’aah”, but a geordie would say "be’eh and someone from the west country would say “betterrrr”. I think the American pronunciation makes the R sound a lot longer (you can tell I don’t know all the property linguistics words!) so anything shorter probably sounds weird to you.
If anyone’s wondering and since it’s not clarified here…
Epitome is pronounced like this: ||UK|US| |phonetic|/ɪˈpɪt.ə.mi/|/ɪˈpɪt̬.ə.mi/| |non-phonetic|epittomee|epiddomee|
I’ve been an avid reader since I was 6/7 and I hate reading dictionary listings with phonetic spellings as ironically they only make it harder for me to know how to pronounce a word. I’m also a native speaker.
Learning the IPA is quite good in that case
I can’t believe you don’t remember what an upside down e sounds like.
I know Americans pronounce Ts as Ds, but reading it explicitly written down is like being poked in the eye
Wait till you find out that they pronounce Ds as semi-trilled Rs!
I don’t know what that is but I’m intrigued and afraid!
They’re just like trilled Rs, but have only one trill, hence semi-trilled.
I’ll pronounce a T when you pronounce an R
That’s a new one, what’s wrong with Rs?
Most English people have a non-rhotic accent, meaning not pronouncing the r after vowels so words like “better” become “betta”.
This one seems like it’s very accent-dependent. A cockney geezer will definitely say “be’aah”, but a geordie would say "be’eh and someone from the west country would say “betterrrr”. I think the American pronunciation makes the R sound a lot longer (you can tell I don’t know all the property linguistics words!) so anything shorter probably sounds weird to you.