Pronunciation Of The Word “Accidentally”
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The Word “Accidentally”
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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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Pronunciation Of The Word “Accidentally”
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Accidentally – For this word: the “A” is short; 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 “i” is pronounced as an i-schwa; the “e” is short; the “t” is (usually) stopped; and for the “-ally” suffix – the “a” virtually disappears, the “ll” combination is pronounced simply like the single letter “l” (this is the standard pronunciation of this letter combination in The Common Tongue), and the final “y” is pronounced like the long letter “e” (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue).
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– /æK-sih-dehn[t]-lee/ – /æk.sə(ɪ).ˈdɛn[t].liː/ – Notice also that the stress is on the third syllable –
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See Also: Accident, & Accidental
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