163: -ile and the differences in American and British English

American English Pronunciation Podcast

Seattle Learning Academy

Language Learning, Self-improvement, Education

4.6 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2012

⏱️ 6 minutes

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fragile: /ˈfrædʒ əl/ in the US /ˈfrædʒ aɪl/ in the UK. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

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0:00.0	Hi again and welcome back to Seattle Learning Academy's American English pronunciation podcast.
0:13.0	My name is Mandy and this is our 163rd episode.
0:20.0	We get a lot of requests for explanations of the differences between American English
0:25.6	and British English pronunciation.
0:29.6	Today we're going to talk about a pattern that explains American and British pronunciation
0:34.6	of multi-syllable words that end in I-L-E.
0:40.6	The word F-R-A-G-I-L-E is pronounced fragile, ending in schwa plus L-sound in the U.S.
0:52.6	And fragile, ending in long I plus L sound in the U.S. And Fragile, ending in long I plus L sound in the U.K.
1:00.0	Can you hear the difference?
1:02.6	Fragile.
1:04.1	Shwa.
1:05.6	Fragile.
1:07.2	Long I.
1:09.8	Remember, shua is a quick-reduced vowel sound that sounds similar to short U.
1:16.6	Uh.
1:17.6	Shwa is a very, very quick sound, however.
1:21.6	It's much quicker than short U.
1:24.6	The general pattern is that the I-L-E ending is pronounced O,
1:31.3	schwa plus L sound in American English pronunciation, and I-L, long-I-plus-L sound in British
1:40.3	English pronunciation.
1:42.3	Listen to the difference again.
1:45.0	The American schwa pronunciation, O,
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