According to The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, "not all educated speakers pronounce words the same way."
Lesson | Track | Time Signature | Spelling Word | Pronunciation on CD | An Alternate Pronunciation | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One | 2 | 0:32 | homeostasis | hoh-mee-oh-stah-sis | hoh-mee-oh-stay-sis | |
One | 2 | 3:42 | quinine | kwĭ-neen | kwī-nīn | (Dr. Webster accidentally mispronounced this word during the contextual sentence, but it is not a list word.) |
Two | 5 | 3:53 | homologous | hoh-muh-loh-jəs | huh-mŏl-uh-guhs | (Dr. Webster accidentally mispronounced this word during the contextual sentence, but it is not a list word.) |
Three | 6, 7 | 0:31, 0:45 | phalanges | fuh-lan-jəz | fuh-lan-jeez | |
Four | 8 | 6:41 | dicotyledon | dī-kŏt-lē-dŏn | dī-kŏt-l-ēd-n | |
Four | 8 | 6:53 | cotyledon | kŏt-lē-dŏn | kŏt-l-ēd-n | |
Four | 9 | 7:42 | viviparous | vĭ-vĭ-par-əs | vī-vĭp-ər-əs | This word is pronounced correctly on track 8 but mispronounced on track 9. |
The bold syllable indicates a word's primary stress.