Is the "L" in the word "Vulnerable" silent or not?
I've listened carefully when ever the word "Vulnerable" has been pronounced, but I'm still not sure if the "L" contained in the word is silent. At the risk of sounding stupid, anyone help on this question?
Answers:
Either? Depends where your from, whether you can give it regional accent or not. Similar words could be, ShrOwsbury or Sherewsbury, of course the latter is the correct spelling, but phonetically, it depends on the way you want to pronounce it. Bath or (posh way) BaRth, Pronunciation or pronunciation, again down to the individual translation, and so on..
no its not silelnt vul ner able
Not silent
It's not silent when I say the word. I think it is intended to be verbalized. Vul-ner-a-ble. Not "Vu-ner-a-ble."
no it is used vul - ne - rable
That depends on your dialect. Usually the l can be heard.
Silent.
No but it isn't hung upon either.
It is not silent in the UK, can't say about other areas.
not silent
It's kinda eLLish trying to work some of these out innit -
Hactually in this case its definitely sounded.
Vul-ner-able therefore it's not silent
i dont say the L so i say silent
Which "L"? Actually, they are both pronounced. There are four syllables:
vul-ner-a-ble
The first "L" is a bit softer.
In the Eastern U.S., it is not silent.
In the Southwest, it is sometimes (incorrectly) silent.
In Georgia, people don't use "vulnerable" because they don't understand what the word means, and so it is hard to say if the "L" would be pronounced or not.
(Sorry, I'm all disillusioned about the pathetic state of public education in Georgia, today.)
Neither of the 'L's are silent if you say it properly. However, apparently it is fully possible to say it as "Vunnerble" (*shudder*) and then there is only one 'L', which isn't silent.
:-)
My Oxford says it without L :)
No its not silent. The L must be pronouned.
No, neither of the 'L's' are silent (.as most folks have already implied).
The first 'L' only 'sounds' (?) silent when people who do not know how to say the word properly, pronounce it as if there is no 'L' in. so that it 'sounds' as if the word is 'vun-rabble'.
If you have heard such people mis-pronounce the word it is easy to see why you might be confused.
There are numerous words that are 'lazily' or just 'ignorantly' pronounced like this. (For instance people sometimes say 'pacific'/ 'pacifically' when they mean 'specific'/ 'specifically')
it's not silent in vulnerable but the word venerable kind of sounds like that and has no L.
Not the way I say it, Vul ner able.
light
Not silent.
No it is not silent.
It is pronounced as "Vul-ne-ra-ble",
where vul = vul in vulture
not silent ...
pronounced .. vul - ner - able
both "L"s are vocalised
not
Which 'l' ? Presumably the first one? None is silent.
It's not silent - It should be pronounced vul-ner-able
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Answers:
Either? Depends where your from, whether you can give it regional accent or not. Similar words could be, ShrOwsbury or Sherewsbury, of course the latter is the correct spelling, but phonetically, it depends on the way you want to pronounce it. Bath or (posh way) BaRth, Pronunciation or pronunciation, again down to the individual translation, and so on..
no its not silelnt vul ner able
Not silent
It's not silent when I say the word. I think it is intended to be verbalized. Vul-ner-a-ble. Not "Vu-ner-a-ble."
no it is used vul - ne - rable
That depends on your dialect. Usually the l can be heard.
Silent.
No but it isn't hung upon either.
It is not silent in the UK, can't say about other areas.
not silent
It's kinda eLLish trying to work some of these out innit -
Hactually in this case its definitely sounded.
Vul-ner-able therefore it's not silent
i dont say the L so i say silent
Which "L"? Actually, they are both pronounced. There are four syllables:
vul-ner-a-ble
The first "L" is a bit softer.
In the Eastern U.S., it is not silent.
In the Southwest, it is sometimes (incorrectly) silent.
In Georgia, people don't use "vulnerable" because they don't understand what the word means, and so it is hard to say if the "L" would be pronounced or not.
(Sorry, I'm all disillusioned about the pathetic state of public education in Georgia, today.)
Neither of the 'L's are silent if you say it properly. However, apparently it is fully possible to say it as "Vunnerble" (*shudder*) and then there is only one 'L', which isn't silent.
:-)
My Oxford says it without L :)
No its not silent. The L must be pronouned.
No, neither of the 'L's' are silent (.as most folks have already implied).
The first 'L' only 'sounds' (?) silent when people who do not know how to say the word properly, pronounce it as if there is no 'L' in. so that it 'sounds' as if the word is 'vun-rabble'.
If you have heard such people mis-pronounce the word it is easy to see why you might be confused.
There are numerous words that are 'lazily' or just 'ignorantly' pronounced like this. (For instance people sometimes say 'pacific'/ 'pacifically' when they mean 'specific'/ 'specifically')
it's not silent in vulnerable but the word venerable kind of sounds like that and has no L.
Not the way I say it, Vul ner able.
light
Not silent.
No it is not silent.
It is pronounced as "Vul-ne-ra-ble",
where vul = vul in vulture
not silent ...
pronounced .. vul - ner - able
both "L"s are vocalised
not
Which 'l' ? Presumably the first one? None is silent.
It's not silent - It should be pronounced vul-ner-able
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