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- proper noun linguistics Abbreviation of
American English .
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Examples
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This ending has two pronunciations in AmE: in words such as AmE masseûse, the final e can also be sounded: chanteûsê.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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You can view a pdf version of the revised chart here: AmE phonemic chart v. 5
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Many dictionaries and textbooks use/e/for both the diphthong and the single vowel, but in most varieties of AmE the vowel in “egg” is higher than in “bay”, so they need different symbols.
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Beliefs, values and theory aside, I think there may be a BrE and AmE difference relating to scale with the word ‘curriculum’.
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Recently though, I have come across a lot of AmE speakers who see it the opposite way.
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You can view a pdf version of the revised chart here: AmE phonemic chart v. 5
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In AmE, it is simply used as a salutation in drinking (or sometimes with a mimed glass in hand, as a means of congratulations).
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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He may have judged that a German of that age who would have learnt BrE would succeed in an approximation to AmE pronunciation but not its variant preferences with respect to individual lexical items.
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Note that the penultimate vowel of -ary remains an unreduced SQUARE or TRAP in AmE, not a schwa.
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DC: I think that what you refer to as a "long /r/" in AmE is a little more complex than that.
On /r/s and ofs DC 2008
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