What is the pronunciation of “Software”? [on hold]
.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty{ margin-bottom:0;
}
I have heard the pronunciation of the word Software as "softwher".But recently i've heard Steve Jobs saying "sofwher" in a YouTube video.
link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN4U5FqrOdQ
pronunciation
edited Jul 8 '15 at 21:13
TimLymington
32.6k875143
asked Mar 6 '14 at 19:22
jubayerjubayer
14
put on hold as off-topic by Glorfindel, TrevorD, JJJ, Mari-Lou A, Rand al'Thor 8 hours ago
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic." – Glorfindel, JJJ, Mari-Lou A, Rand al'Thor
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
add a comment |
I have heard the pronunciation of the word Software as "softwher".But recently i've heard Steve Jobs saying "sofwher" in a YouTube video.
link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN4U5FqrOdQ
pronunciation
edited Jul 8 '15 at 21:13
TimLymington
32.6k875143
asked Mar 6 '14 at 19:22
jubayerjubayer
14
put on hold as off-topic by Glorfindel, TrevorD, JJJ, Mari-Lou A, Rand al'Thor 8 hours ago
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic." – Glorfindel, JJJ, Mari-Lou A, Rand al'Thor
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
1
The T is pronounced. However, it isn't rare that some people elide together strings of adjacent consonants.
– Oldcat
Mar 6 '14 at 19:25
It weally depends where you are from.
– RyeɃreḁd
Mar 6 '14 at 19:27
1
As usual, the stop in the center of the cluster /ftw/ gets elided to a tongue gesture that is rarely audible. What most people [mospipəl] hear is [sɔfwɛr].
– John Lawler
Mar 6 '14 at 20:47
Steve Jobs talks funny. But the "T" in "software" (and other words with an embedded "T" sound) is "swallowed" to a greater or lesser degree by different speakers, and even by the same speaker in different contexts.
– Hot Licks
Mar 18 '15 at 12:41
add a comment |
I have heard the pronunciation of the word Software as "softwher".But recently i've heard Steve Jobs saying "sofwher" in a YouTube video.
link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN4U5FqrOdQ
pronunciation
edited Jul 8 '15 at 21:13
TimLymington
32.6k875143
asked Mar 6 '14 at 19:22
jubayerjubayer
14
I have heard the pronunciation of the word Software as "softwher".But recently i've heard Steve Jobs saying "sofwher" in a YouTube video.
link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN4U5FqrOdQ
pronunciation
pronunciation
edited Jul 8 '15 at 21:13
TimLymington
32.6k875143
asked Mar 6 '14 at 19:22
jubayerjubayer
14
edited Jul 8 '15 at 21:13
TimLymington
32.6k875143
asked Mar 6 '14 at 19:22
jubayerjubayer
14
edited Jul 8 '15 at 21:13
TimLymington
32.6k875143
edited Jul 8 '15 at 21:13
TimLymington
32.6k875143
edited Jul 8 '15 at 21:13
TimLymington
32.6k875143
32.6k875143
asked Mar 6 '14 at 19:22
jubayerjubayer
14
asked Mar 6 '14 at 19:22
jubayerjubayer
14
asked Mar 6 '14 at 19:22
jubayerjubayer
14
14
put on hold as off-topic by Glorfindel, TrevorD, JJJ, Mari-Lou A, Rand al'Thor 8 hours ago
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic." – Glorfindel, JJJ, Mari-Lou A, Rand al'Thor
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
put on hold as off-topic by Glorfindel, TrevorD, JJJ, Mari-Lou A, Rand al'Thor 8 hours ago
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic." – Glorfindel, JJJ, Mari-Lou A, Rand al'Thor
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
1
The T is pronounced. However, it isn't rare that some people elide together strings of adjacent consonants.
– Oldcat
Mar 6 '14 at 19:25
It weally depends where you are from.
– RyeɃreḁd
Mar 6 '14 at 19:27
1
As usual, the stop in the center of the cluster /ftw/ gets elided to a tongue gesture that is rarely audible. What most people [mospipəl] hear is [sɔfwɛr].
– John Lawler
Mar 6 '14 at 20:47
Steve Jobs talks funny. But the "T" in "software" (and other words with an embedded "T" sound) is "swallowed" to a greater or lesser degree by different speakers, and even by the same speaker in different contexts.
– Hot Licks
Mar 18 '15 at 12:41
add a comment |
1
The T is pronounced. However, it isn't rare that some people elide together strings of adjacent consonants.
– Oldcat
Mar 6 '14 at 19:25
It weally depends where you are from.
– RyeɃreḁd
Mar 6 '14 at 19:27
1
As usual, the stop in the center of the cluster /ftw/ gets elided to a tongue gesture that is rarely audible. What most people [mospipəl] hear is [sɔfwɛr].
– John Lawler
Mar 6 '14 at 20:47
Steve Jobs talks funny. But the "T" in "software" (and other words with an embedded "T" sound) is "swallowed" to a greater or lesser degree by different speakers, and even by the same speaker in different contexts.
– Hot Licks
Mar 18 '15 at 12:41
1
1
The T is pronounced. However, it isn't rare that some people elide together strings of adjacent consonants.
– Oldcat
Mar 6 '14 at 19:25
The T is pronounced. However, it isn't rare that some people elide together strings of adjacent consonants.
– Oldcat
Mar 6 '14 at 19:25
It weally depends where you are from.
– RyeɃreḁd
Mar 6 '14 at 19:27
It weally depends where you are from.
– RyeɃreḁd
Mar 6 '14 at 19:27
1
1
As usual, the stop in the center of the cluster /ftw/ gets elided to a tongue gesture that is rarely audible. What most people [mospipəl] hear is [sɔfwɛr].
– John Lawler
Mar 6 '14 at 20:47
As usual, the stop in the center of the cluster /ftw/ gets elided to a tongue gesture that is rarely audible. What most people [mospipəl] hear is [sɔfwɛr].
– John Lawler
Mar 6 '14 at 20:47
Steve Jobs talks funny. But the "T" in "software" (and other words with an embedded "T" sound) is "swallowed" to a greater or lesser degree by different speakers, and even by the same speaker in different contexts.
– Hot Licks
Mar 18 '15 at 12:41
Steve Jobs talks funny. But the "T" in "software" (and other words with an embedded "T" sound) is "swallowed" to a greater or lesser degree by different speakers, and even by the same speaker in different contexts.
– Hot Licks
Mar 18 '15 at 12:41
add a comment |
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
This is called an elision, and it's a concern of preference, habit, or locale.
Some of my personal elisions:
- the d in grandfather
- the second e in vegetable
- the t in scripts (and many other t followed by s, see below)
Some elisions by others that I pronounce:
- the i in family
- the second e in temperature
Aside from a loosely-enforced "rule" that ts and d be elided if they occur between two other consonants (as in my above "scripts"), this is a subjective topic. It depends whether or not you abide the "rule" that d and t be elided if they occur between consonants. If you do, then Jobs has shown his command of an English intricacy. If you don't worry about such details, then you shouldn't be bothered.
answered Mar 6 '14 at 20:00
emsoffemsoff
3,53011321
Good answer, although I think something is backwards in the last paragraph.
– Bradd Szonye
Mar 6 '14 at 20:02
Thanks @BraddSzonye, typing from phone at lunch. What's backwards?
– emsoff
Mar 6 '14 at 20:05
If you abide (accept) the elision, then Jobs's elision should be fine. Perhaps you meant something other than abide?
– Bradd Szonye
Mar 6 '14 at 20:13
@BraddSzonye quite right, my fault for trying to include hyperbole.
– emsoff
Mar 6 '14 at 20:19
Great to know!..
– jubayer
Jan 5 '16 at 8:32
add a comment |
I pronounced it here: https://vocaroo.com/i/s0p8Ks6IoTOy
Hope this helps you.
answered 2 days ago
HHHHHH
1
New contributor
HHH is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
Thanks for your contribution - but please note that this question is over 5 years old. Also, as noted in the existing answer, there are different pronunciations depending on the speaker's location (e.g. US v. UK) and other factors, as already explained in the existing Answer. What 'dialect' is your version referring to?
– TrevorD
yesterday
add a comment |
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
This is called an elision, and it's a concern of preference, habit, or locale.
Some of my personal elisions:
- the d in grandfather
- the second e in vegetable
- the t in scripts (and many other t followed by s, see below)
Some elisions by others that I pronounce:
- the i in family
- the second e in temperature
Aside from a loosely-enforced "rule" that ts and d be elided if they occur between two other consonants (as in my above "scripts"), this is a subjective topic. It depends whether or not you abide the "rule" that d and t be elided if they occur between consonants. If you do, then Jobs has shown his command of an English intricacy. If you don't worry about such details, then you shouldn't be bothered.
answered Mar 6 '14 at 20:00
emsoffemsoff
3,53011321
Good answer, although I think something is backwards in the last paragraph.
– Bradd Szonye
Mar 6 '14 at 20:02
Thanks @BraddSzonye, typing from phone at lunch. What's backwards?
– emsoff
Mar 6 '14 at 20:05
If you abide (accept) the elision, then Jobs's elision should be fine. Perhaps you meant something other than abide?
– Bradd Szonye
Mar 6 '14 at 20:13
@BraddSzonye quite right, my fault for trying to include hyperbole.
– emsoff
Mar 6 '14 at 20:19
Great to know!..
– jubayer
Jan 5 '16 at 8:32
add a comment |
This is called an elision, and it's a concern of preference, habit, or locale.
Some of my personal elisions:
- the d in grandfather
- the second e in vegetable
- the t in scripts (and many other t followed by s, see below)
Some elisions by others that I pronounce:
- the i in family
- the second e in temperature
Aside from a loosely-enforced "rule" that ts and d be elided if they occur between two other consonants (as in my above "scripts"), this is a subjective topic. It depends whether or not you abide the "rule" that d and t be elided if they occur between consonants. If you do, then Jobs has shown his command of an English intricacy. If you don't worry about such details, then you shouldn't be bothered.
answered Mar 6 '14 at 20:00
emsoffemsoff
3,53011321
Good answer, although I think something is backwards in the last paragraph.
– Bradd Szonye
Mar 6 '14 at 20:02
Thanks @BraddSzonye, typing from phone at lunch. What's backwards?
– emsoff
Mar 6 '14 at 20:05
If you abide (accept) the elision, then Jobs's elision should be fine. Perhaps you meant something other than abide?
– Bradd Szonye
Mar 6 '14 at 20:13
@BraddSzonye quite right, my fault for trying to include hyperbole.
– emsoff
Mar 6 '14 at 20:19
Great to know!..
– jubayer
Jan 5 '16 at 8:32
add a comment |
This is called an elision, and it's a concern of preference, habit, or locale.
Some of my personal elisions:
- the d in grandfather
- the second e in vegetable
- the t in scripts (and many other t followed by s, see below)
Some elisions by others that I pronounce:
- the i in family
- the second e in temperature
Aside from a loosely-enforced "rule" that ts and d be elided if they occur between two other consonants (as in my above "scripts"), this is a subjective topic. It depends whether or not you abide the "rule" that d and t be elided if they occur between consonants. If you do, then Jobs has shown his command of an English intricacy. If you don't worry about such details, then you shouldn't be bothered.
answered Mar 6 '14 at 20:00
emsoffemsoff
3,53011321
This is called an elision, and it's a concern of preference, habit, or locale.
Some of my personal elisions:
- the d in grandfather
- the second e in vegetable
- the t in scripts (and many other t followed by s, see below)
Some elisions by others that I pronounce:
- the i in family
- the second e in temperature
Aside from a loosely-enforced "rule" that ts and d be elided if they occur between two other consonants (as in my above "scripts"), this is a subjective topic. It depends whether or not you abide the "rule" that d and t be elided if they occur between consonants. If you do, then Jobs has shown his command of an English intricacy. If you don't worry about such details, then you shouldn't be bothered.
answered Mar 6 '14 at 20:00
emsoffemsoff
3,53011321
edited Mar 6 '14 at 20:19
answered Mar 6 '14 at 20:00
emsoffemsoff
3,53011321
answered Mar 6 '14 at 20:00
emsoffemsoff
3,53011321
answered Mar 6 '14 at 20:00
emsoffemsoff
3,53011321
3,53011321
Good answer, although I think something is backwards in the last paragraph.
– Bradd Szonye
Mar 6 '14 at 20:02
Thanks @BraddSzonye, typing from phone at lunch. What's backwards?
– emsoff
Mar 6 '14 at 20:05
If you abide (accept) the elision, then Jobs's elision should be fine. Perhaps you meant something other than abide?
– Bradd Szonye
Mar 6 '14 at 20:13
@BraddSzonye quite right, my fault for trying to include hyperbole.
– emsoff
Mar 6 '14 at 20:19
Great to know!..
– jubayer
Jan 5 '16 at 8:32
add a comment |
Good answer, although I think something is backwards in the last paragraph.
– Bradd Szonye
Mar 6 '14 at 20:02
Thanks @BraddSzonye, typing from phone at lunch. What's backwards?
– emsoff
Mar 6 '14 at 20:05
If you abide (accept) the elision, then Jobs's elision should be fine. Perhaps you meant something other than abide?
– Bradd Szonye
Mar 6 '14 at 20:13
@BraddSzonye quite right, my fault for trying to include hyperbole.
– emsoff
Mar 6 '14 at 20:19
Great to know!..
– jubayer
Jan 5 '16 at 8:32
Good answer, although I think something is backwards in the last paragraph.
– Bradd Szonye
Mar 6 '14 at 20:02
Good answer, although I think something is backwards in the last paragraph.
– Bradd Szonye
Mar 6 '14 at 20:02
Thanks @BraddSzonye, typing from phone at lunch. What's backwards?
– emsoff
Mar 6 '14 at 20:05
Thanks @BraddSzonye, typing from phone at lunch. What's backwards?
– emsoff
Mar 6 '14 at 20:05
If you abide (accept) the elision, then Jobs's elision should be fine. Perhaps you meant something other than abide?
– Bradd Szonye
Mar 6 '14 at 20:13
If you abide (accept) the elision, then Jobs's elision should be fine. Perhaps you meant something other than abide?
– Bradd Szonye
Mar 6 '14 at 20:13
@BraddSzonye quite right, my fault for trying to include hyperbole.
– emsoff
Mar 6 '14 at 20:19
@BraddSzonye quite right, my fault for trying to include hyperbole.
– emsoff
Mar 6 '14 at 20:19
Great to know!..
– jubayer
Jan 5 '16 at 8:32
Great to know!..
– jubayer
Jan 5 '16 at 8:32
add a comment |
I pronounced it here: https://vocaroo.com/i/s0p8Ks6IoTOy
Hope this helps you.
answered 2 days ago
HHHHHH
1
New contributor
HHH is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
Thanks for your contribution - but please note that this question is over 5 years old. Also, as noted in the existing answer, there are different pronunciations depending on the speaker's location (e.g. US v. UK) and other factors, as already explained in the existing Answer. What 'dialect' is your version referring to?
– TrevorD
yesterday
add a comment |
I pronounced it here: https://vocaroo.com/i/s0p8Ks6IoTOy
Hope this helps you.
answered 2 days ago
HHHHHH
1
New contributor
HHH is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
Thanks for your contribution - but please note that this question is over 5 years old. Also, as noted in the existing answer, there are different pronunciations depending on the speaker's location (e.g. US v. UK) and other factors, as already explained in the existing Answer. What 'dialect' is your version referring to?
– TrevorD
yesterday
add a comment |
I pronounced it here: https://vocaroo.com/i/s0p8Ks6IoTOy
Hope this helps you.
answered 2 days ago
HHHHHH
1
New contributor
HHH is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
I pronounced it here: https://vocaroo.com/i/s0p8Ks6IoTOy
Hope this helps you.
answered 2 days ago
HHHHHH
1
New contributor
HHH is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
answered 2 days ago
HHHHHH
1
New contributor
HHH is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
answered 2 days ago
HHHHHH
1
answered 2 days ago
HHHHHH
1
1
New contributor
HHH is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
HHH is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
HHH is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
Thanks for your contribution - but please note that this question is over 5 years old. Also, as noted in the existing answer, there are different pronunciations depending on the speaker's location (e.g. US v. UK) and other factors, as already explained in the existing Answer. What 'dialect' is your version referring to?
– TrevorD
yesterday
add a comment |
Thanks for your contribution - but please note that this question is over 5 years old. Also, as noted in the existing answer, there are different pronunciations depending on the speaker's location (e.g. US v. UK) and other factors, as already explained in the existing Answer. What 'dialect' is your version referring to?
– TrevorD
yesterday
Thanks for your contribution - but please note that this question is over 5 years old. Also, as noted in the existing answer, there are different pronunciations depending on the speaker's location (e.g. US v. UK) and other factors, as already explained in the existing Answer. What 'dialect' is your version referring to?
– TrevorD
yesterday
Thanks for your contribution - but please note that this question is over 5 years old. Also, as noted in the existing answer, there are different pronunciations depending on the speaker's location (e.g. US v. UK) and other factors, as already explained in the existing Answer. What 'dialect' is your version referring to?
– TrevorD
yesterday
add a comment |
1
The T is pronounced. However, it isn't rare that some people elide together strings of adjacent consonants.
– Oldcat
Mar 6 '14 at 19:25
It weally depends where you are from.
– RyeɃreḁd
Mar 6 '14 at 19:27
1
As usual, the stop in the center of the cluster /ftw/ gets elided to a tongue gesture that is rarely audible. What most people [mospipəl] hear is [sɔfwɛr].
– John Lawler
Mar 6 '14 at 20:47
Steve Jobs talks funny. But the "T" in "software" (and other words with an embedded "T" sound) is "swallowed" to a greater or lesser degree by different speakers, and even by the same speaker in different contexts.
– Hot Licks
Mar 18 '15 at 12:41