What do you make of the pronuncation of the word ‘authority’ by this British native speaker?
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I don’t think I’ve ever heard it pronounced this way.
If they were to pronounce “authorize” the same way I would have difficulty understanding it.
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I haven’t heard it pronounced that way either.
The phonetic transcription is this: /ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/ (Cambridge) and [ə-ˈthȯr-ə-tē] (Merriam)
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The British pronunciation here has a little more emphasis on the first syllable.
Authority - Oxford DIctionary
I think I pronounce it in between the British and American pronunciation. I pronounce the ‘u’ but not as strongly as the British.
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