Question:
I am not sure about the correct or standard American English
pronunciation of some words.
Is the ending -ile in the group of words with this ending (examples:
volatile, fragile, sterile, mobile) pronounced as in "kill", just like
an "l" or as in "while"?
Is the word "either" pronounced [eethr] or [aithr]?
Is the "i" in direction, directly, and director pronounced like the
alphabet letter "e" or like "i" in American English?
Answer:
Is there any such thing as correct or standard
American pronunciation? British RP appears to
derive from two sources, deliberate BBC radio
policy 1925-1970 and the British social class
system -- neither of which functions in the USA,
and I do not see in the USA any other national
institutions of such compelling power
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