SYLLABLE-TIMED

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The British Isles
/ðə ˌbrɪtɪʃ ˈaɪlz/
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
/juˌnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəm/
/ˌgreɪt ˈbrɪtn/
/ˈskɒtlənd/
/weɪlz/
/ˌnɔːðən ˈaɪələnd/
/rɪˌpʌblɪk əv ˈaɪələnd/
nature
natural
naturally
/ˈneɪtʃəʳ/
/ˈnætʃrəl/
/ˈnætʃrəli/
‘WHEN TWO VOWELS GO WALKING, THE FIRST ONE DOES THE TALKING’
Bike i is talking e is silent
Goal o is talking a is silent
Tea e is talking a is silent
Tie i is talking e is silent
Learners whose first language is syllable-timed (Turkish, Spanish,
French...) usually have some problems, producing the unstressed
sounds in a stress-timed language (English, German...), tending to
give them equal stress.