Pronunciation Of The Word “Awful”
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The Word “Awful”
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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 “Awful”
Awful – For this word: the “Aw” combination is pronounced like in the word “Law” or “Awesome” (this is the standard pronunciation of this letter combination in The Common Tongue); and for the “-ful” suffix – the “u” is pronounced as a true-schwa (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue).
– /AW-fəl/ – /ˈɔ.fəl/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable –
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