another
/ə-nŭᴛʜ′ər/
adjective
- One more; an additional. had another cup of coffee.
- Distinctly different from the first. took another route to town.
- Some other. put it off to another day.
so like [ˈɛ.ðɚ] ['ɛ.ðə] or something like that. r/asklinguistics does not allow polls so i'm asking here.
How to Pronounce another Phonetically (With Audio)?
"Other", but first vowel is pronounced like the E in "Egg"
Look at Wikipedia's chart for English Accents for /ʌ/ (California for instance)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet_chart_for_English_dialects
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I had heard this youtuber who seems to pronounce every word perfectly, suddenly pronounce the word "other" in a way I had never heard before.
I tried to google it but couldn't find anything about it anywhere and I just assumed it's some sort of speech impediment or something similar.
https://youtu.be/Bcg3VVuPsXs?t=502 at ~8:22
https://youtu.be/Bcg3VVuPsXs?t=1378 at ~22:58
Recently I've found this other youtuber pronouncing "other" in the exact same way:
https://youtu.be/quzzf0bfJcQ?t=470 at ~7:50
Is this an accent? Where does it come from? I'm just genuinely curious.
It depends on the accent/dialect. If the dialect is rhotic, it means the /r/ is pronounced in all positions (pre-vocalically, intervocalically and post-vocalically).
However, if the dialect is non-rhotic, it means the /r/ is only pronounced pre-vocalically (before a vowel).
In Standard British English, the /r/ is only pronounced pre-vocalically. In General American English, the /r/ is usually pronounced in all positions.
So the speakers of non-rhotic accent would pronounce 'another thing' without the /r/: /ə'nʌ.ðə.θɪŋ/ while the speakers of rhotic accent might pronounce it with the /r/: /ə'nʌ.ðər.θɪŋ/.
In dictionaries (such as Cambridge online dictionary), 'another' is transcribed as /əˈnʌð.ər/, the superscript r means pronounce the r whenever it precedes a word that begins with a vowel.
There are also rhotic accents in Britain, such as the West Country accent and non-rhotic accents in the US such as the New Yowk accent.
When you pronounce "another thing", should you pronounce the "r" at the end of another?
If you want speak with a non-rhotic accent, then don't pronounce it unless it's followed by a vowel.
It depends on which dialect the speakers use. In American English, a final /r/ is indeed pronounced. So in "another thing", the /r/ in pronounced, especially in careful speech (eg. television interview or news reporting). In British English, the /r/ is not pronounced.
Let's just say someone smokes weed before their flight and their friend says: "That takes 'flying high' to a whole 'nother level." I would never say "a whole Another level." I was wondering if anyone knows why, or if you pronounce it differently than "'nother."