Pronunciation Of The Term “Appendectomy”

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The pronunciation of any word in English (or any language at all) is not Universal.  This is because there are many different dialects of The English Language — both throughout America, and also world-wide.  The pronunciations that are presented on GiveMeSomeEnglish!!! are based-upon a combination of both “common usage”, and the most neutral accent used in The International Common Tongue — a.k.a. “American English”.
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Appendectomy – For this word:  the “A” is short, the “pp” combination is pronounced simply like the single letter “p” (this is the standard pronunciation of this letter combination in The Common Tongue), the first “e” turns into an i-schwa, the second “e” is also short, the “c” is hard but is (often) stopped, the “t” is pronounced almost like the letter “d”, and for the “-omy” suffix – the “o” turns into a u-schwa, and the final “y” is pronounced like the long letter “e” (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue).

– /æ-pehn-DEHKT-uh-mee/ – /ˌæ.pənˈdɛk.tə(ʌ).miː/ – Notice also that there is a minor stress on the first syllable and that the major stress is on the third syllable –

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