I could not completely understand the pronunciation of the word 'environment' in the oxford dictionary.
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the e in the pronunciation guide was simply to illustrate the fact that the i sound is a long i, as in fire. therefore: en vire un ment is how you would pronounce the word.
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Try Merriam-Webster's online dictionary.  It's free and it offers sound files for pronunciation.\n\n \nhttp://www.m-w.com/
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english is an extremely complicated language.  we have words that don't sound the way they look and homophones.
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Actually, in most places the correct verb for this context is "speak", but you'll hear "talk" substituted by some speakers.  Some people may think of such a speech pattern as "uneducated", but it could well be a dialectal thing.
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The origins of the word are explained in the transcript of a National Public Radio feature. The use of "okay" would seem to be nothing more than an alternate spelling.
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You can have the a complete freeware when you have download the Oxford Dictionary into your computer. You can go to this link below....
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the "o" is pronounced like "uh"...that's how i've always thought it to be anyway and how it's pronounced phonetically
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Look it up.  Use a dictionary.
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It was a First Nations word that was pronounced approximately that way.  It means a dwelling place.
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It is the stress that people in a certain region give certain words. The syllables go with how we naturally say the words. \n\nThe O in over is long, for example, so it can stand alone. But in ever, the E is short and so we do not naturally split it into e-ver, but rather ev-er, because it is easier for us to say. \n\nAbout the either thing, people in different countries say the word differently. Did the two dictionaries have different pronunciations? \n\nLike tomato (to-may-to, or to-mah-to).
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English is a tough language.
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It depends on the language I guess.  In French I probably wouldn't pronounce it the same way as you would in English.  And what do thoses word mean anyway?  Sometimes with the ethymology yuo can figure out the pronounciation.
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I can't. First develop of voice chord is different in me, than in Englishman, pretence is different than in English, but it is important people from different language to have conversation, we exploited English Language, maybe better is Esperanto, but people accept English.
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If you just heard it then you may have heard it differently (i mean the accent)\n\nI'm guessing it means "I'm going" or "We're going"\n\n"Me" is English\n\n"Ako" means "me" or "I"\n\n"Gow" may mean "Go"
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The spelling system of English was invented a long time ago, when the pronunciation was different.  The pronunciation changed, but the spelling has remained the same.  Therefore, the spelling we have now is a better representation of where the word came from than of the sound.\n\nAnd by the way, you are right; even though "poor" and "door" are pronounced the same in some dialects of English I believe they could be pronounced differently in others.  A better comparison is "poor" and "pour".
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According to my Chamber's English Dictionary 'environment' is contained in the following entry.\n\nEnviron : to surround, to encircle. to surround with hostile intention.\nNoun) Environment:  a surrounding, conditions influencing development and growth.\nEnvironmentalism : concern about the environment and it's preservation from the effects of pollution etc.\nEnvironmentalist : Someone having the concern about the environment.\nEnvirons: the outskirts of a place, a neighbourhood\n(From the French : environmer (environ ; around, - viper ; to turn round: of).\n\nHope this helps.\n\nGenerally when people use the word 'Environment', they are referring to environmentalism where damage has been caused to the countryside, trees, lakes etc, by the adverse action of man. Pollution is man-made and is caused by the effects of waste products on nature. There is also the discharge of effluent into rivers and the sea from chemical waste products, processing, sewage and so on, and the emission of gasses into the atmosphere. At present many countries are particularly concerned with Global Warming caused by the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This allows sunlight, and therefore heat, to pass through it so that the Earth is warmed, but does not allow for the dissipation of th heat afterwards. This causes the Earth's climate to change by becoming warmer and it's effects are felt worldwide. the main effects are the melting of the polar icecaps, increases in desert areas and the changes in lifepatterns of wild life, especially fish stocks. This causes problems in the food chain with many species now endangered.\n\nThe Kyoto Agreement was set up with participating countries agreeing to restrict their carbon dioxide emissions by making industry change it's processing methods but, sadly, the main pollutant countrty, the USA, has refused to join in and continues to cause environmental damage at an alarming rate. Most of the world's pollution is caused by that country but it's leadership is more concerned with bowing to pressure from big business than preserving our planet for future generations to enjoy.\n\nAn increase in temperature of just 3 degrees Centigrade could be sufficient to eventually destroy life as we know it.\n\nDue to increases already caused the Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean, where the highest point above sea level is only seven feet, are in danger of becoming submerged as sea levels rise.
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i failed to understand the question