A street name in slummyvale: bernardo ave. How to pronounce it?
Remember that AmE r is hard to pronounce and/or takes more time to produce. So, r's in two consecutive syllables gives away to r disimmilation.
What's the phonetic output then?
You got it: bɚˈnɑ doʊ
But lame dictionaries like Longman Pro. dictionary and dictionary.reference.com transcribes it as bɚˈnɑr doʊ. However, if you listen to the sounds listed therein, you hear it like bɚˈnɑ doʊ
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