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I am keenly interested in knowing how the native speaker pronounces the word 'WRITHE'.
Being a non-native speaker, hitherto I have been pronouncing it in the normal way but I was really surprised when I happened to check it with 'Advanced Oxford Genie' (a pronunciation software)and hear it as 'RAIVE' (rhyming with 'waive' for example)
Thanks in advance,
VKN
Added on June 22, 2007:
It's really amazing to see so many members coming out with their own views and ideas on the subject. Though I am thankful to all of them for the interest evinced,I am eagerly waiting for the reply from a person who has had access to the Oxford Genie - a pronunciation software which differentiated the actual pronunciation from the true phonetic of the word 'WRITHE'.
VKN
Last edited by vkn; 06/22/07 06:36 PM.
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'Waive' as in 'wave'? I don't think so. The 'th' is voiced but it is a dental fricative, not a labio-dental fricative and the 'i' is a long 'i', an 'ah'-'ee' diphthong.
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vkn, I'm not sure what your 'normal way' is but I suspect I pronounce it the same way.
Welcome, please stay around. Your command of English is excellent!
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Yep--wri as in wry, and the as in...the!*
*Except without the e being sounded.
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But the th is vocalized.
But, the s in rise is also voiced.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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But not when it's said with a lisp.
(thanks, I meant "voiced")
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