{"id":1738,"date":"2015-05-04T06:03:12","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T10:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachel-smith-live.prev21.rmkr.net\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2024-06-09T10:43:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T10:43:01","slug":"pronounce-letter-y","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/pronounce-letter-y\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Pronounce the Letter Y"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since English is not phonetic, the letter Y doesn\u2019t have just one pronunciation \u2013 it can be pronounced many different ways. \u00a0Study the different pronunciations of this letter in various words.<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"entry-tags\">Tagged With: <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/tag\/many-ways-one-thing-can-be-pronounced\/\" rel=\"tag\">Many Ways One Thing Can Be Pronounced<\/a><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">YouTube blocked?<\/span> <\/strong><a href=\"#video\">Click here to see the video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u5E2lD3dP3M\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"How to Pronounce the Letter Y:   American English\" title=\"Play video &quot;How to Pronounce the Letter Y:   American English&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u5E2lD3dP3M<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u5E2lD3dP3M\" title=\"How to Pronounce the Letter Y:   American English\">How to Pronounce the Letter Y:   American English (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u5E2lD3dP3M)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/p>\n<p><h2>Video Transcript:<\/h2><\/p>\n<div class=\"STembedWrapper\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p><span class=\"STtranscriptContent\"><span class=\"STtranscriptContent\">In this American English pronunciation video, we&#8217;re going to take a look at how this letter is pronounced. <\/span><\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent2\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">I often get emails from people asking questions like, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent3\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">&#8216;Why is the CH in CHICAGO pronounced differently than the CH in CHOICE?&#8217; SH vs. CH. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent4\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">And my answer is always, unfortunately, <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent5\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">the sounds of American English do not correspond one-to-one with the letters of the alphabet. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent6\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">To know for sure how a word is pronounced, you need to either hear a native speaker say the word, <\/span> or look up the word in a dictionary that has the International Phonetic Alphabet transcription. <span id=\"STtranscriptContent8\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Let&#8217;s look at the letter Y. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent9\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">In the word &#8216;syringe&#8217;, it is the schwa, uh, uh, syringe. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent10\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">In the word &#8216;you&#8217;, it is the yy sound. You. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent11\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">In the word &#8216;my&#8217;, it is the &#8216;ai&#8217; as in &#8216;buy&#8217; diphthong. My. <\/span> In the word busy, it is the EE vowel. Busy.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent13\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">So when you see this letter in a word, you can&#8217;t make assumptions about how it is pronounced. <\/span> Look it up in a dictionary, or have native speaker say the word to you.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it, and thanks so much for using Rachel&#8217;s English.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"STtranscriptContent16\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Don&#8217;t stop there. Have fun with my real-life English videos. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent17\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Or get more comfortable with the IPA in this play list. <\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent18\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Learn about the online courses I offer, or check out my latest video.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"video\"><\/a><strong>Video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1738-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/07f1c47b71c75472a3cc-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/202%20-%20How%20to%20Pronounce%20the%20Letter%20Y%20American%20English.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/07f1c47b71c75472a3cc-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/202%20-%20How%20to%20Pronounce%20the%20Letter%20Y%20American%20English.mp4\">https:\/\/07f1c47b71c75472a3cc-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/202%20-%20How%20to%20Pronounce%20the%20Letter%20Y%20American%20English.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since English is not phonetic, the letter Y doesn\u2019t have just one pronunciation \u2013 it can be pronounced many different ways. \u00a0Study the different pronunciations of this letter in various words. 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