- arbitrary
This sound is in the third syllable. For the sound in the first, see above (/ɑ:/). - bastardized, militarized and notarized
The Macmillan English Dictionary has no -ised version, though other dictionaries (for example, Collins English Dictionary) have. - budgetary
The Macmillan English Dictionary has this vowel, with the option of nothing, and the audio exemplifies this three-syllable version. - carotid artery
The Macmillan English Dictionary transcription has this vowel sound but the audio sample has /æ/ (in the first word). - charisma
Students of English for Speakers of Other Languages should note the variation in charismatic - the second "a" becomes /æ/. - comparable and comparably
With this sound, primary stress is on the first syllable. But an increasiingly common version with stress on the second syllable has the sound /æ/. - contemporary
Both the -or- and the -ar- have this sound, and in colloquial speech they are often elided into a single /ər/. - contrary
See also under /eə/ (with a distinct meaning). - corollary and coronary
Note that these two have distinct stress patterns (although there is a tendency for the two to coalesce). The first has primary stress on the second syllable. The second has primary stress on the first syllable, and this is shown unequivocally in the Macmillan English Dictionary. But in many speakers of British English primary stress is on the first syllable in both. - dullard
The Macmillan English Dictionary has this vowel sound, but a version with /ɑ:/ is common. - harassed and harassment
The Macmillan English Dictionary recognizes this (increasingly common) as an alternative to the /æ/ pronunciation. For more about this alternation, see this blog - kaross
This borrowing from South African English is transcribed like this (with stress on the second syllable) in the Macmillan English Dictionary, but the audio sample has /æ/ and stress on the first). - lanyard
This escapes the usual exclusion for compond words, as the second syllable is not pronounced /jɑ:d/ and has nothing to do with boatyards or shipyards. - margarine and margarita
The second syllable has this sound. See also under /ɑ:/. - necessarily
The Macmillan English Dictionary has this, with stress on the first syllable, but a pronunciation with /e/ in the third syllable (also recognized by the Macmillan English Dictionary) is becoming increasingly common. - ordinarily
The Macmillan English Dictionary has this, with stress on the first syllable, but a pronunciation with /e/ in the third syllable (also recognized by the Macmillan English Dictionary) is becoming increasingly common. Sometimes, when stress is on this syllable, the sound is /æ/. - parliamentary
This sound is in the penultimate syllable. See also /ɑ:/. - primarily and summarily
With this vowel sound, primary stress is on the first syllable. A pronunciation with stress on the second syllable, which becomes /e/, is increasingly common. - salaryman
This escapes the usual exclusion of compound words as a salaryman is not just someone who earns a salary. - sarsaparilla
This sound is in the third syllable. See also under /ə/. - scimitar
The Macmillan English Dictionary transcription has this vowel sound but the audio sample has /ɑ:/ (which is common - in my experience, more common). - tartar
This sound is in the second syllable. See also under /ɑ:/. - unparliamentary
This sound is in the penultimate syllable. See also under /ɑ:/. - veterinary
Note that although this word may have either four or five (and sometimes even three: /vetənri:/ ) the word veterinarian (see under /eə/) has six syllables (with the letters -ter- being fully enunciated). - vineyard
This escapes the general exclusion of -yard compounds as it does not have the /ɑ:/ pronunciation.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2018
The notes for words with *AR* representing /ə/
Here are the notes for *AR* => /ə/. Further to what I said previously about the greater need for notes when a vowel meets a sonorant, I've done some checking: there are 25 here and by comparison, in the digraphs book (which in due course will be relaunched as WVGT with Other Vowels) there are a total of 27 notes for all vowel sounds represented by all digraphs beginning with "a".
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