Hindi speakers often have a way of pronouncing the word Wednesday that sounds very distinctive to American English speakers. Native speakers of Hindi often say this word with an extra syllable, and this word contains many of the sounds that American English speakers notice are pronounced very differently than the way that would say it. Let's take a look at how this word might be pronounced by native American English speakers vs native Hindi speakers.
When Hindi speakers pronounce this word, it often has three syllables.
Syllable breakdown:
Wednesday
WED-nes-day
ˈvednezdei
When American English speakers pronounce this word, it has two syllables.
Syllable breakdown:
Wednesday
WEDNES-day
ˈwɛnzdi
When native speakers of American English say this word, they use the