Monday, March 29, 2010

o+consont cluster: storm, organism, orgasm, orgasmic, orbit

vowel+o+C+C+vowel


organism: /ˈoɚgəˌnɪzəm/
orgasm: /ˈoɚˌgæzəm/
orgasmic: /oɚˈgæzmɪk/
orbit: /ˈoɚbət/
ornate: /oɚˈneɪt/
ornithology: /ˌoɚnəˈθɑ:ləʤi/
ordain: /oɚˈdeɪn/
orchestra: /ˈoɚkəstrə/ (Indians pronounce it like archestra)


york:/ˈjoɚk/
border: /ˈboɚdɚ/ (Ind Eng: barder)
born: /ˈboɚn/ (Ind en: barn)
corvin, corbin:
cordial: /ˈkoɚʤəl/
cork: /ˈkoɚk/
quirky sounds like corky, since /w/ is like semi /o/: /ˈkwɚki/
corn: /ˈkoɚn/ (indians say it like carn)
forbear: /foɚˈbeɚ/
dorsal: /ˈdoɚsəl/
forgo: /foɚˈgoʊ/
form: /ˈfoɚm/ (in Ind Eng, form and farm are homonyms)
format: /ˈfoɚˌmæt/
formulate: /ˈfoɚmjəˌleɪt/
forward: /ˈfoɚwɚd/
gorgeous: /ˈgoɚʤəs/
horny: /ˈhoɚni/
morbid: /ˈmoɚbəd/

forget, forbid, worm: /ˈwɚm/ further reduction

storm: /ˈstoɚm/
scorch: /ˈskoɚtʃ/

sword: look at the semi vowel /w/ and vowel /o/, the former is kinda latter, thereby becoming sord: /ˈsoɚd/

ya got the pattern: orC or orV tend to become /oɚ/

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