ENGLISH PRONUNCIATIONS: {Letter X is pronounced as eks which is its NAME but it has three sound values - ks as in BOX or TAX, z as in XENOPHOBIA or XYLOPHONE and eks as in X-RAY or XMAS which is eksmas or krismas.} ; {Letter Y is pronounced as wai which is its NAME but it has three sound values - ai as in MY or HYPHEN, the low i as in MYTH or SYSTEM and the high i as in COPY or HAPPY. Letter Y is also termed as a SEMI-VOWEL since it sounds like the vowel i in some words (like in YEAR or YIELD) but it functions as consonant y.} ; {Letter Z is pronounced as zed which is its NAME but it has two sound values - z as in ZEBRA or ZIP and ts as BILHARZIA or SCHIZOPHRENIA}. [To phoneticians and those who are studying phonetics, the sound values of some letters may be more than the cardinal ones which I have given especially when exploring ALLOPHONES]. #
Posted on: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 05:15:19 +0000
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