Pronunciation Of The Word “Cafeteria”
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Pronunciation Of The Word “Cafeteria”
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Cafeteria – For this word: the “C” is hard; the “a” is short; the first “e” is pronounced as a true-schaw; the second “e” is long; the “i” is pronounced like the long letter “e”; there is a phantom consonant letter “y” in-between the “i” and the “a” (this is a product of the transition from one sound to the next); and the final “a” is pronounced as a u-schwa.
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– /kæ-fuh-TEER-ee-yuh/ – /kæ.fə(ʌ).ˈtiːɹ.iːjə(ʌ)/ – Notice also that the stress is on the third syllable –
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