Do you pronounce the T in weight?

Do you pronounce the T in weight?

How do you pronounce the word weight?

How do the British pronounce fat?

How do you say height and weight?

How do you say 1lb?

The “standard” pronunciation of lb or lbs is the same as for pound(s). However, given the nature of humans, I find it likely that in some slang a pronunciation based on the written word is used, e.g., /lɒb/.

How do you say wait in British?

How do you say know in British?

Break ‘know’ down into sounds: [NOH] – say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them….Test your pronunciation on words that have sound similarities with ‘know’:

1. noe.
2. nau.
3. noh.
4. gnaw.
5. gnome.
6. gnu.
7. knee.
8. knew.

How do you pronounce GIF?

“It’s pronounced JIF, not GIF.” Just like the peanut butter. “The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations,” Wilhite told The New York Times. “They are wrong. It is a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.

How do you say I don’t know British?

How do you talk thin?

How do you speak water?

How do you say cat?

How do you respond to weight?

A: I weigh 191 pounds. You ask a question. I give an answer….Height and Weight.

Why is height and weight pronounced differently?

Height used to be written with an ie, and weight with an i. (And in Middle Dutch it was oo and i, and in German it’s ö and i…) So yes, it evolved that way. The spelling, that is, not the pronunciation.

How much do you weight or weigh?

For the most part, we can keep weigh and weight straight by using weigh as a verb and weight as a noun, with a smattering of exceptions for statistics and grades and blankets. Our advice: take comfort where you can.

How do you say 2 lb?

How do you say Oz?

What is lb mean in weight?

pound, unit of avoirdupois weight, equal to 16 ounces, 7,000 grains, or 0.45359237 kg, and of troy and apothecaries’ weight, equal to 12 ounces, 5,760 grains, or 0.3732417216 kg. The Roman ancestor of the modern pound, the libra, is the source of the abbreviation lb.

How do you say wanted in British?

Break ‘wanted’ down into sounds: [WONT] + [ID] – say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them….Below is the UK transcription for ‘wanted’:

1. Modern IPA: wɔ́ntɪd.
2. Traditional IPA: ˈwɒntɪd.
3. 2 syllables: “WONT” + “id”

What is the American word for petrol?

British vs American Vocabulary

What do the British call a line?

Such a group of people is known as a queue (British usage) or line (American usage), and the people are said to be waiting or standing in a queue or in line, respectively.