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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

The vowel sound at the end is the schwa.

I've heard that sound described as a "syllabic L". It has less of a vowel sound for me than a schwa.

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.

In my accent the vowel in the final syllable is so short I'm not sure it qualifies even as a schwa. The final l is what is sometimes known as "dark" i.e. pronounced at the back of the mouth.