In the Spanish page with info on Google they say it is pronounced as
guguel
which reminds me that I have always pronounced endings such as in 'little', 'marble', etc as /litall//marball//angall/...
In other words how do you native speakers pronounce Google
1. /googall/
2. /googearl/
3.Other way
Same with little, etc??
Thanks
How do you pronounce google, little, marble, angel etc?
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That "l"....
Hey all!
When I say those words I turn on my vocal chords just a little before rasining the tip of my tongue up to close off the flow of vibration. I guess it could be called a schwa or symbolized with such, its length depends on the sound preceding it, in the case of the voiced "g" in Google it seems to be a bit longer, while in the case of the unvoiced "t" which ends up being a "d", there is little more there and a nice tongue flap that I wish I could produce rapidly in succession to imitate the Spanish "rr" that I pronounce poorly.
I've heard this called "unaccented last sylable" but don't remember if that came from theatre voice lessons or from something I read when I was researching linguistics back in the 80's.
All of these words would serve as rhyme or near-rhyme in any poem, for example, meaning that they have a nice clear similarity in pronunciation.
Hope my spelling hasn't been too painful....
peace,
revel.
When I say those words I turn on my vocal chords just a little before rasining the tip of my tongue up to close off the flow of vibration. I guess it could be called a schwa or symbolized with such, its length depends on the sound preceding it, in the case of the voiced "g" in Google it seems to be a bit longer, while in the case of the unvoiced "t" which ends up being a "d", there is little more there and a nice tongue flap that I wish I could produce rapidly in succession to imitate the Spanish "rr" that I pronounce poorly.
I've heard this called "unaccented last sylable" but don't remember if that came from theatre voice lessons or from something I read when I was researching linguistics back in the 80's.
All of these words would serve as rhyme or near-rhyme in any poem, for example, meaning that they have a nice clear similarity in pronunciation.
Hope my spelling hasn't been too painful....
peace,
revel.