Pronunciation Of The Word “Attention”
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The Word “Attention”
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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 “Attention”
Attention – For this word: the “A” is pronounced as a u-schwa; the “tt” combination is pronounced simply like the single letter “t” (this is one of two standard pronunciations of this letter combination in The Common Tongue); the “e” is short; and for the “-tion” suffix – the “ti” combination is pronounced like the un-voiced “sh” combination; and the “o” is pronounced as an i-schwa (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue).
– /uh-TEHN-shihn/ – /ə(ʌ)ˈtɛn.ʃə(ɪ)n/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
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