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Bilbo1967 · 02-02-2011, 03:53 AM

Oooh, a balloon - thanks

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What phoneme in the English language has the most different pronunciations?

e.g. 'o' can be a phoneme and can be pronounced in at least 2 different ways (as in 'hole' and 'women'). There is a phoneme in the English language with at least 9 different pronunciations (and probably more).

02-02-2011, 03:53 AM	#652
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	Oooh, a balloon - thanks Next question; What phoneme in the English language has the most different pronunciations? e.g. 'o' can be a phoneme and can be pronounced in at least 2 different ways (as in 'hole' and 'women'). There is a phoneme in the English language with at least 9 different pronunciations (and probably more).