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AbbeFaria
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: Gangnam
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 Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:29 am Post subject: Orange: 1 syllable or 2? |
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Just curious about how you all my pronounce it. I pronounce it as one syllable when teaching younger kids about the colors and they tend to pronounce it as 2 syllables. I'm tempted to try and work it out of them, to say it "my way" but it doesn't really matter so I don't push it.
Thoughts?
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Marley_Doug
Joined: 12 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:35 am Post subject: |
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My mom is korean and she (and other Koreans that I have met) pronounce orange with 3. O - RAN - GE.
love you all
DU- GA - LAS |
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susmin
Joined: 04 May 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:00 am Post subject: |
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| How on earth do you pronounce orange with one syllable? Do you say 'arnge'? There is some regional difference as to whether it is pronounced like 'or' as opposed to 'ar' but it has 2 syllables. |
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JLarter
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:21 am Post subject: |
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| One syllable doesn't make sense! |
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AbbeFaria
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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I dunno, I just do. Ornge maybe. Now I'm wondering if anyone else does the same thing.
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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| 2 syllables |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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| AbbeFaria wrote: |
| I dunno, I just do. Ornge maybe. Now I'm wondering if anyone else does the same thing.�S� |
I know what you mean, but it would still be two syllables because I don't think you would pronounce it "onj".
I think you probably pronounce the word without a rhoticized /r/, like most of us do in natural speech, so it comes out like o[r]unge. |
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zappadelta
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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| I pronounce it with 2, but I think I remember my childhood teachers saying it was 1 syllable. |
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jmbran11
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Location: U.S.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:11 pm Post subject: Our/hour? |
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| How about our/hour? |
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Lizara
Joined: 14 Apr 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I say it with one syllable. Ornj. *shrug* Two syllables sounds better. |
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jacl
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: Our/hour? |
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| jmbran11 wrote: |
| How about our/hour? |
Could be 2 syllables. (1 should be taught)
"orange" could be pronounced with 1 syllable. (2 should be taught)
How about "eaten". I only pronouce one consanant: "n". (the "t" should be taught).
What should or should not be taught depends on who you're teaching. |
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ellamarie
Joined: 16 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Definitely two syllables. Except in rural areas in the southern US. Then it sounds more like "arnj." I think the 2 syllable pronunciation is used by the majority of people. |
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jacl
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Lizara wrote: |
| I say it with one syllable. Ornj. *shrug* Two syllables sounds better. |
You could be pronouncing it with 2 syllables but unaware that you are. |
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susmin
Joined: 04 May 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| If you check the dictionary, it is divided into two syllables. |
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poet13
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Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Was that really a serious question, or just something to spark debate? |
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