How to pronounce noise in American English
NOYZ
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Americans pronounce noise as NOYZ (/nɔɪz/).
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Why it sounds different
Why "noise" sounds like NOYZ.
The "" at the end of "" flows directly into the vowel starting "" — the consonant migrates to the next word with no pause between. This is called the Consonant-to-Vowel Linking, the way sentences stop sounding like a list and start sounding like speech. It comes out as NOYZ.
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"Does the noise cause the boys to pause?"
duhz dhuh NOYZ KAHZ dhuh BOYZ tuh PAHZ
"She filed a noise complaint against her loud neighbors."
shee FAHYLD uh NOYZ kuhm·PLAYNT uh·GEHNST her LOWD NAY·berz
"The dishwasher has been making a strange noise lately."
dhuh DIHSH·wah·sher huhz bihn MAY·kuhng uh STRAYNJ NOYZ LAYT·lee
"The noise from the street is always buzzing."
dhuh NOYZ fruhm dhuh STREET ihz AHL·wayz BUH·zuhng
"The noise in the north neighborhood is normal."
dhuh NOYZ ihn dhuh NORTH NAY·ber·huud ihz NOR·muhl
"The noise of the boiling oil was annoying."
dhuh NOYZ uhv dhuh BOY·luhng OYL wuhz uh·NOY·uhng
Questions
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Is the American pronunciation of "noise" different from British English?
American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "NOYZ" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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