English Pronunciation Guide to the Names of People, Places, and Stuff
Name: Palin
Phonetic Pronunciation: PAY-lin
Audio Pronunciation: (link)Tags: commonly mispronounced
See also:
- Sarah Palin - Governor of Alaska and 2008 vice-presidential candidate for the Republican party
Pronunciation Key
Syllables are separated by dashes
Stressed syllables are capitalized
Quotation marks ("xxx") enclose a whole word pronounced as in American english
Examples below assume an American english accent
Vowels
Example
UH
mother
A
cat
AY,AI
ape
AH
pot
AW
saw
OU
out
E,EH
met
EE
tree
I,IH
bit
IE,Y
tie,try
O,OH,OE
go,toe
OY,OI
toy
OO
boot,shoe
UU
foot,put
R-colored vowels
Example
UR
murder
AIR
hair,bare
EER
beer,hear
OOR
poor
OR
door,for
AR
car
Consonants
Example
B
box
CH
chip
D
dog
F
food
G
go
H
help
J
jaw
K
can
L
look, bell
M
man
N
near
NG
ring
P
poor
R
root
S,SS
sun,kiss
SH
shape
T
tin
TH
thumb,then
V
van
W
wand
Y
young
Z
zoom
ZH
vision
PY
pupil
L-endings
Example
AL
pal
ALL
ball
AIL
pail
ULL
hull
OOL
tool
OAL
coal
EEL,EAL
deal
ILL
pill
ILE
style,pile
Other
Example
IKE
bike
INE
line
ITE
light,bite
ICE
dice
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