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Ah, I think I see. You actually pronounce the "y" in those words? I'm not familiar with any dialects where that is common. I could see it, though. In genera
by taeric 5mo ago
Ah, I think I see. You actually pronounce the "y" in those words? I'm not familiar with any dialects where that is common. I could see it, though. In general, I would expect the pronunciation for all of those is the same. They are all words with the root "day".
Copying from Merriam-Webster for them:
Today: tə-ˈdā
Friday: frī-dā
Yesterday: ˈye-stər-dā
The page for Friday does have "-dē" listed, as well. Which maybe is what you are referencing?
Regardless, fun reading. And please don't take this as a criticism of your pronunciation!
- gus_massa 5mo agoFrom https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/today https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/today it looks like it's like today -> too-deh-I where the last "I" is like the "i" in "ship" and not like the "ee" in "sheep". I agree that it's not a very strong "ee" sound.
- taeric 5mo agoI see /təˈdeɪ/ on that page. Per their https://dictionary.cambridge.org/help/phonetics.html https://dictionary.cambridge.org/help/phonetics.html page, the eɪ is how they encode what the other site uses ā for. That is, the "ɪ" is not a separate syllable from the "e".
- gus_massa 5mo agoI pronounce them in the same syllable, but I used an incorrect notation.