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Apparently English has about as many subtle nuances in the actual pronunciation of the written word, putting English on par with Chinese! No kidding.
Women: the 'o' is pronounced as in 'in'.
to bury: apparently in Britain they say it differently in Scotland, England and Wales. And it's English we're talking about, not Scottish, English and Welsh. The three different pronunciations are: 'birry', 'berry' and 'burry'. No, I have no idea which is English or Scottish or Welsh.
To illustrate how strange it is for English to have that many nuances in sound (almost as many as Chinese): Japanese is very similar to Chinese in writing. But the spoken Japanese word is *extremely* simple. They haven't nearly as many variations and nuances in pronunciation. To illustrate this here's an example: it is far easier to program a computer so it can understand spoken Japanese; it is far more difficult to program a computer to understand spoken English.
I read it some years ago in a newspaper. I think German has also very little variation in pronunciation of the written word.
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