Water.

"Wateh"？

Water.

"瓦德"？

Water.

"瓦杜"？

How on earth do you pronounce this word?

這個詞到底怎麼讀？

Let's look at the most common pronunciations in American, British and Australian English.

讓我們來看看美式英語、英式英語和澳洲英語中最常見的發音。

In general American English it's water.

一般的美式英語是：water, water。

Water.

T 是 "瓣 T"，即發輕聲 D 音：deh。

The T is a flap T, which means that it's pronounced as a soft D sound.

水。是的，"R "發音在最後。就是：水，水。

D.

現在讓我們看看英國英語。

Water.

公認讀音是：water，water。

And yes, the R is pronounced at the end.

還有很多英國人把 T 發成喉塞音，所以他們會說：water，water。

It's water.

在澳洲，我們要麼說 "water"（就像 "Received Pronunciation "中的發音一樣），要麼說 "water"（水）。

Water.

或者我們用一個瓣 T：水，水。

Now let's look at British English.

澳洲口音較重的人通常會把結尾的 ER 發成 "uh"、

In received pronunciation it's water.

所以他們說：水。

Water.

There are also lots of Britons who pronounce the T as a glottal stop, so they say water.

Water.

In Australia we either say water, like in received pronunciation.

Water.

Or we use a flap T.

Water.

Water.

People with stronger Australian accents usually pronounce the T as a glottal stop, so they say water.

Water.