How to Pronounce Anonymous

27 May 2022 · 1 min

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Short YouTube pronunciation tutorial by Hadar Shemesh explaining how to pronounce the word "anonymous." The speaker demonstrates that the initial 'a' is a reduced vowel (schwa), identifies the primary stressed syllable (longer, louder, higher in pitch), and provides syllable-level onomatopoeic examples and a sample sentence: "I got an anonymous phone call."

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How to pronounce the word. Anonymous. I got an anonymous phone call. Anonymous. You start with a schwa sound. Listen, even though it's spelled with an A, the vowel is totally reduced. Then the primary stress, that syllable. The next syllable is going to be longer, louder, higher in pitch. Nah, nah, nah. And then we have a few more schwas. N2 to be exact. Nuh. Mus. Nuh. Ms. So, a lot of vowel letters. Very few sounds. Anonymous. Anonymous. I got an anonymous phone call. Anonymous.