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'''Temporary''' and '''temporarily''' (like their [[cognate]]s [[contemporary - temporarily|'''contemporary''' and '''contemporarily''']]
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'''Temporary''' and '''temporarily''' (like their [[cognate]]s [[contemporary (pronunciation)|'''contemporary''' and '''contemporarily''']]) can present problems in pronunciation.
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*'''Temporary''' is written with four syllables, '''-tem-''' + '''-por-''' + '''-ar-''' + '''-y'''.
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**In British [[RP]], careful speakers, speaking carefully, realize all four, with the stress on the first ('TEMP-or-air-y', {{IPA|ˈtɛmp ər ər ɪ}}. Some American speakers (and British speakers who wish to emphasize the spelling) stress the third syllable: 'temp-er-AIR-y', 'TEMP-or-AIR-y', {{IPA|ˈtɛmp ər ˌer ɪ}}.
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**A realization with three syllables, 'TEMP-or-y', {IPA|ˈtɛmp ə rɪ}} is also common, even in formal educational contexts.
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**In careless, rushed or casual colloquial speech, this is often further reduced to two syllables: 'TEMP-ry', {{IPA|ˈtɛmp rɪ}}.
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***The same, broadly, is true of the [[adverb]] '''temporarily''' - with an extra final syllable '''-ly''' in all cases.
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:: You may also want to see AWE's articles about
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::::its meaning and usage, at [[contemporaneous - contemporary]];
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::::another confusion, at [[temporal - temporary]];
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::::its spelling, which can give difficulty, at [[Temporary - Contemporary (spelling)]].
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[[Category:Pronunciation]]

Latest revision as of 18:26, 5 March 2016

Temporary and temporarily (like their cognates contemporary and contemporarily) can present problems in pronunciation.

  • Temporary is written with four syllables, -tem- + -por- + -ar- + -y.
    • In British RP, careful speakers, speaking carefully, realize all four, with the stress on the first ('TEMP-or-air-y', IPA: /ˈtɛmp ər ər ɪ/. Some American speakers (and British speakers who wish to emphasize the spelling) stress the third syllable: 'temp-er-AIR-y', 'TEMP-or-AIR-y', IPA: /ˈtɛmp ər ˌer ɪ/.
    • A realization with three syllables, 'TEMP-or-y', {IPA|ˈtɛmp ə rɪ}} is also common, even in formal educational contexts.
    • In careless, rushed or casual colloquial speech, this is often further reduced to two syllables: 'TEMP-ry', IPA: /ˈtɛmp rɪ/.
      • The same, broadly, is true of the adverb temporarily - with an extra final syllable -ly in all cases.
You may also want to see AWE's articles about
its meaning and usage, at contemporaneous - contemporary;
another confusion, at temporal - temporary;
its spelling, which can give difficulty, at Temporary - Contemporary (spelling).