Is the letter “d” in the word “budget” silent or should I pronounce it?
‘Dg’ here is a diphthong which is pronounced like a soft ‘g’ with a bit of a /d/ sound at the beginning: /dz/.
N.B. Diphthong is a complex speech sound or glide that begins with one vowel and gradually changes to another vowel within the same syllable, as (oi) in boil or (ai) in fine.(Online dictionary definition)
So, “DG” can’t be possibly a diphthong, but a combination of two consonants.
Yes, I know a phonetician’s diphthongs are just vowel sounds-- I’m just trying to give Rfaleet an idea of how these sounds go together in a non-linguistic way.
Hello Mr. Micaber,
You mean I have to pronounce “d” but not with stress
Yes, that’s right. The /d/ sound is nestled up close to the following sound of the soft ‘g’, so that the sound in ‘budget’ sounds almost the same as the sound in ‘project’, but just a bit harder at the beginning of it.
Forget the fancy explanations. Just say it.
LOL!! :lol:. With Bill everything is just easy!
Pardon me? Am I tiring you? And do you think ‘boodgit’ is a better way of communicating this?
Mr. M. At least he heard it like an ENGLISHMAN says it.
Why don’t you speak up instead of hiding behind your diphthongs.?
Henceforth, I pledge to say it like this.
You have just lost a supporter, Kitosdad.
“You have just lost a supporter, Kitosdad.”
Good morning Mr. Micawber, whatever for? I wasn’t being nasty.
I simply stated that the guy would be better off hearing the word than trying to read and understand two people’s oral explanation of how a word should be pronounced.
You obviously heard my pronunciation with your head-set.
Why didn’t you record the word? I’m sure he would have benefited far more to hear it said than read about it.
Kitos.
Not being nasty? It is obvious then that you are merely socially inept. If you wish to record your voice, feel free to do so, but do not mandate that I follow your example.
I myself think that inflicting one’s own accent on learners here, when you don’t know how it meshes with the English they already speak, leaves them open to ridicule or incomprehensibility. And however you think you pronounced ‘boodgit’, it is misleading even to suggest, as you did, that it is mainstream British English (‘like an ENGLISHMAN says it’). No doubt it is from where you were raised, but it is from a very limited area of the world indeed.
but it is from a very limited area of the world indeed.
Nevertheless you pompous ass, it is ENGLAND.
“I myself think that inflicting one’s own accent on learners here, when you don’t know how it meshes with the English they already speak, leaves them open to ridicule or incomprehensibility.”
So how do you teach your pupils, with pretty pictures or sign language?
As for your support, I have never once spoken to you, so where do you play a supporting role in my miserable existence?
Hi,
Allow me to ‘inflict’ my pronunciation - budget.
Alan
Bujjit ??? That was terrible. ( only joking mate.)
Alan, I think we had better remove the recording facility before Mr.Micawber has an epileptic fit.
Pity he refuses to allow us to hear his dulcet tones. 
I’ve often wondered what an American-Canadian lumberjack sounds like.
Obviously, I am not the only pompous person here.
The students I teach are not learning the odd pronunciation of an isolated word (‘boodgit’) from me; it is integrated into the English they bring with them to class by our ongoing interactions and the use of other mainstream listening comprehension materials.
As for my support, you may recall that I had to caution you earlier in your residence here about barging in on other teachers’ (my) thread activities with students. At that time you assured me that you understood what I was asking of you. Evidently you do not.
Obviously, I am not the only pompous person here.
Oh but you are. You simply do not realise it.
But I forgive you. It’s probably due to an excessive consumption of fried rice and raw fish.
Try adding a little more sweet to your sweet and sour sauce.
Kitosdad, do you think the term is appropriate for an open forum like this? I simply find it appalling. As for MM being pompous, let me tell you that I visit almost all fora where MM helps thousands of studends with his profound expertise. Only on englishforums.com the number of his posts exceeds 28,000, and I’ve read most of them–and I have not seen a slight hint or show of pompousness on his part. Mister Micawber is NEVER patronizing like some of us here, and he is never, ever rude. And this is the reason he has gained tremendous respect and love of his students and colleagues on all fora.
Tom