Re: How do you pronounce Azure?
in reply to a message by Malk
I'm in the U.S. and my only association is "azure skies". The stress is usually pretty even between the syllables, maybe leaning slightly to the first, the "a" is short as in "apple", the "z" sounds like a "zh" blended in to a "y" sound, and the ending is like the end of "sure", well that's not the best example since some people pronounce "sure" like "sher", to rhyme with "fur"; I say it like "shoe"-"er" blended together. But back to "azure". The end rhymes with the end of "tour", "Fleur" or "Muir". Smush and blend "as" "your" together, where the "our" in "your" is said like the "our" in "tour". That's the best I can do.