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I pronounce it "cor-bin."
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You have a lot of pronunciations on your site for the long O sound keyed as "AW." I just do not understand how this is correct. "AW" makes the SHORT O sound. It always has. Corbin is not CAWR-bin. It is COR-bin. You have the same error on Dorian and other names. I do not understand. Someone please help me.
[on this site AW represents the IPA symbol ɔ -ed]
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[on this site AW represents the IPA symbol ɔ -ed]
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In response to editor's response to my confusion regarding the pronunciation: [on this site AW represents the IPA symbol ɔ -ed]
Yes, I understand that. However, IPA symbol ɔ is much closer to a "short o" than a "long o" as we understand those sounds in "General American." Most sites attempting to translate IPA /ɔ/ to General American do so by describing the sound produced by ɔ as that in "fox" or "caught." Indeed, this site states in its key that "AW" = the sound in bought or sawn. Nor is this a cot/caught merger issue, as that is a distinction between /ɔ/ and /ɑ/. But here, the correct vowel for Corbin is neither /ɔ/ nor /ɑ/, but /o/. Boat, cone. Not bought, sawn.
[the first syllable of Corbin is identical to the English word "core", is it not? -ed]
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Yes, I understand that. However, IPA symbol ɔ is much closer to a "short o" than a "long o" as we understand those sounds in "General American." Most sites attempting to translate IPA /ɔ/ to General American do so by describing the sound produced by ɔ as that in "fox" or "caught." Indeed, this site states in its key that "AW" = the sound in bought or sawn. Nor is this a cot/caught merger issue, as that is a distinction between /ɔ/ and /ɑ/. But here, the correct vowel for Corbin is neither /ɔ/ nor /ɑ/, but /o/. Boat, cone. Not bought, sawn.
[the first syllable of Corbin is identical to the English word "core", is it not? -ed]
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YES. It is. What I'm saying is that "core" is a completely different sound from "kawr." "KAWR" is more like car. So what I'm saying is, shouldn't the pronunciation guide say KOR-bin, not KAWR-bin?
[if I look up the pronunciation of "core" I find /kɔɹ/ -ed]
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[if I look up the pronunciation of "core" I find /kɔɹ/ -ed]
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