Sunday, March 18, 2012

Excuse Me! How Do You Pronounce Your Name?

Hi, my name is Alicia and mispronouncing my name happens very often. The first syllable of my name is A, which has the sound of a central mid vowel of ə and is pronounced the same as in the word balloon, asleep. It is followed by the onset of a voiced lingual alveolar l and the front high vowel i  together. This sound is made using the tip of your tongue and placing it on the top back part of your teeth to produce the l sound. The sound should be the same as in the word late and a vibration should be felt if placing your finger on your larynx. The i sound is the same you make when pronouncing week. Once reaching the middle of my name where the C is located, its sound is produced using the onset of a fricative lingual alveolar voiceless s. The s is produced by placing your teeth together with your tongue right behind your closed teeth and releasing air, which would sound the same as in miss. Once again it is followed by another front high vowel i and ends with a front low vowel æ that sounds the same as the word at. Placing all the sounds together it would be pronounced as -li-si-æ].

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