How do you speak hemoglobin?
Break ‘hemoglobin‘ down into sounds: [HEE] + [MUH] + [GLOH] + [BIN] – say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.
Below is the UK transcription for ‘hemoglobin‘:
- Modern IPA: hɪ́jməglə́wbɪn.
- Traditional IPA: ˌhiːməˈgləʊbɪn.
- 4 syllables: “HEE” + “muh” + “GLOH” + “bin”
Do you pronounce the r in iron?
“r” is silent in “iron”word. British pronunciation of “iron” is “aie(r)n”, where “r” is silent.
Why is iron pronounced IERN?
It’s because of a very common process called Metathesis. /’aɪən/ is the metathesised version of (/’aɪrən/). ‘Iron‘ commonly used to be pronounced the way it’s spelt (/’aɪrən/), but due to metathesis, its pronunciation became EYE-URN (/’aɪən/).