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How do you pronounce 'awry'

Name: Anonymous 2007-01-08 14:54

According to a bunch of dictionaries it is oh-wry with a short oh and a long wry sound. I have always pronounced it awww-ri with a long awww and then ri rhyming with the letter e.

Arrrgh just hearing it being pronounced oh-wryyyyyyyy just gets on my nerves. It has turned my view of the english language upside down. I hate English.

Name: Anonymous 2007-01-08 15:41

it's uh-RYE (ryhmes with apply) and the Merriam-Webster has only that.  Where do you get oh- or aw-? It's not either of those. The initial sound is the unstressed vowel they call the schwa, or if you carefully pronounce the word it would be the short u as in cup.

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