Anyone know of a good English pronuntiation guide?

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Shooshie wrote:Yeah. It's called "An American Girlfriend." She'll nag you and correct you until you shape up!

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I have a problem with the model I obtained, in that it will make fun of my correct British pronunciation; e.g. she thinks I should rhyme "clerk" with "murk" instead of "mark".
And after the upgrade it to Wife 2.0, it won't work with non-native instruments either.
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Post by azusa749a »

Try this: http://www.m-w.com/

It's Merriam-Webster site. :D
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azusa749a wrote:Try this: http://www.m-w.com/

It's Merriam-Webster site. :D
BINGO!!!

Thanks, Azusa!

This way I won't even have to bother with the symbols. Just go to the page, type the word I don't know how to pronounce, and voila :D (bookmarked)

Thinking about it, there are also a LOT of words in spanish I don't know either. But I can pronounce them even if i don't know what they mean :?

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Post by nickysnd »

Here:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search? ... nunciation
pro·nun·ci·a·tion /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/ [pruh-nuhn-see-ey-shuhn]
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Post by FMiguelez »

nickysnd wrote:Here:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search? ... nunciation
pro·nun·ci·a·tion /pr??n?nsi?e???n/ [pruh-nuhn-see-ey-shuhn]
Great one too, nickysnd!

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Post by johnnytucats »

m-w.com has an audio link for each word you look up.
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