Listen is a bit different; although the archaic verb list exists, listen comes from the Middle English listnen, and evidence is that \t\ after \s\ and before \n\ was not pronounced. In often, the \t\ came back via a spelling-influenced pronunciation in the 1600s, as both literacy and printing expanded rapidly in England. E. DIRECTION pronunciation. How to say direction. Listen to the audio pronunciation in English. Learn more. How to pronounce poetry. How to say poetry. Listen to the audio pronunciation in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Learn more. English pronunciation of can can How to pronounce can modal verb UK strong /kæn/ weak /kən/ US strong /kæn/ weak /kən/ How to pronounce can noun, verb UK /kæn/ US /kæn/ Sound-by-sound pronunciation: can modal verb UK strong /kæn/ can modal verb /k/ as in cat /æ/ as in hat /n/ as in name US strong /kæn/ can modal verb /k/ as in cat /æ/ as in hat .

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