How do the British say Monday?

Break ‘mondays’ down into sounds: [MUN] + [DAYZ] – say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.

How do British say Ibiza?

Ibiza is a Spanish island, and the “z” in Castilian Spanish–Spanish spoken in Spain–is pronounced “th.” The Brits are simply pronouncing the island the way they have heard the Spanish speaking about their own country.

How do the British say Wednesday?

Below is the UK transcription for ‘Wednesday’: Modern IPA: wɛ́nzdɛj. Traditional IPA: ˈwenzdeɪ 2 syllables: “WENZ” + “day”

How do British say Tuesday?

In other words, the British pronounce “Tuesday” as TYOOZday ( tj u:zdeɪ) or CHOOZday (tʃu:zdeɪ), while the Americans opt for TOOZday (tu:zdeɪ).

Why do we pronounce the word “says” as “SEZ”?

Great question. We pronounce the word “says” as /sez/ because our parents, our teachers, and the whole population told us we should. The version without the suffix “s” is pronounced by English speakers with a glide at the end (like the “y”), but not the version with the “s”.

How do you pronounce ‘say’?

A: The third-person singular of the verb “say” should be pronounced “sez” on both sides of the Atlantic, according to American and British dictionaries. But pompous broadcasting twits, especially across the pond, have never let standard pronunciations get in the way of on-air affectations.

Is it ‘he/she/IT SEZ’ or “he/ she/it says”?

It’s the so-called third person form that is the problem — this is where the verb falls out of kilter. In Standard English this is pronounced as ‘he/she/it sez’, and not ‘he/she/it says’.

What is the transition between ‘says’ and ‘SEZ’?

In the case of speech, the transition between the sounds becomes more fluent — longer ‘says’ reduces to ‘sez’. You can see this also in the pronunciation of the form said, pronounced, in Standard English at least, with the same short vowel and not as you’d expect from the spelling (and as it was once pronounced) — ‘said’.