Pronunciation Of The Word “Accept”

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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.
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Accept – For this word:  the “A” is pronounced as a true-schwa;  for the “cc” combination — the first “c” is hard, and the second “c” is soft (this is one of TWO standard pronunciations of this letter combination in The Common Tongue);  then the “e” is short;  the “p” is (almost) stopped;  and the final “t” is (sometimes) stopped.
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– /ək-SEH[P]-[t]/ – /əkˈsɛ[p][t]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable and that the “t” ending (when not stopped) acts as a separate syllable –

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See Also:  Acceptable, Accepted, Accepting

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