Pronunciation Of The Word “Affect”
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The Word “Affect”
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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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Pronunciation Of The Word “Affect”
Affect – For this word: the “A” turns into a u-schwa; the “ff” combination is pronounced simply like the single letter “f” (this is the standard pronunciation of this letter combination in The Common Tongue); the “e” is short; the “c” is hard, but is (often) stopped.
– /uh-FEH[K]-t/ – /ə(ʌ).ˈfɛ[k].t/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable and that the “t” ending acts as (almost) a third syllable –
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