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Discussion Groups / British English / May 2007Pronunciation of "azure"
Hello, I am a learner of English and I have a doubt about the pronunciation of the word "azure" (the colour)? All the dictionaries I've checked list /'AZ@(r)/ as the recommended pronunciation but I've asked two English people and they say they'd always say /@'zjo:/ or perhaps /@'Zo:/ or /@'zjU@/ (and permutations) but they wouldn't say or understand /'AZ@/ (/A/ as in "apple", /@/ is schwa, /Z/ as in measure) What do you say? (supposing you say anything at all, I know that's a pretty uncommon word) Lorenzo > Hello, > I am a learner of English and I have a doubt about the pronunciation [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Lorenzo /az-yuur/ the /a/ is as in 'apple' and there is no schwa in 'azure'. That is how I say it, and how it is described in the OED (the version which uses alphabetic letters).  SignatureBlue Sow [...] > /az-yuur/ > > the /a/ is as in 'apple' and there is no schwa in 'azure'. > > That is how I say it, and how it is described in the OED (the > version which uses alphabetic letters). Ok, thank you! By the way, for the sake of exhaustiveness, I've just checked on the Longman pronounciation dictionary and it says: Reccomended British RP: /'AZ@/ Other British pronunciations: /'eIZ@/ (like the continent) /'AZU@/ /'eIZU@/ /'AZjU@/ /'eIZjU@/ /'AzjU@/ (which should be "yours") /'eIzjU@/ /@'zjU@/ American Pronunciation: /'AZ@r/ > /az-yuur/ > > the /a/ is as in 'apple' and there is no schwa in 'azure'. > > That is how I say it, and how it is described in the OED (the > version which uses alphabetic letters). Except in heraldry: the heraldic colour is pronounced with a long 'a'. SignatureJohn Briggs >> /az-yuur/ >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Except in heraldry: the heraldic colour is pronounced with a long 'a'. This surprised me, but you're absolutely right. Old dog + old tricks = possible. |
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