How to pronounce "Vlog"

[gxnn]

Vlog is a new word, meaning "video blog" and should be pronounced as [vlog] according to the traditional grammar, but after I have checked some dictionaries, there seem to be no other words beginning with two consonants "vl", and the pronunciation becomes very hard for a speaker and not clear to a listener. In China's twitter-like social media Weibo, many people discussed this matter excitedly in June this year.

Perhaps I think [vi:log] or V-log with a long vowel added is a good pronunciation.

How do you pronouce it in real life as native speakers of English?

 

[TarnishedPenny]

The Cambridge online dictionary says ‘vlɒɡ’, which is to say not broken up into two syllables, not ‘v-log’. While not a word I say very often, that’s how I would pronounce it.

 

[jehoram]

and the pronunciation becomes very hard for a speaker and not clear to a listener.

Presumably, people named Vladimir, or people who know Vladimir, don't have that problem.

 

[gxnn]

You mean the leader of proletariat Vladimir Lenin? but he is a Russian. And this word is not a real English word.There are also the similar problems in Spanish, both "b" and "v" sometimes sound the same which makes us novice learner confused all the time. "Barcelona" and "Valencia" are two examples.

Presumably, people named Vladimir, or people who know Vladimir, don't have that problem.

 

[ElectricBlue]

The Cambridge online dictionary says ‘vlɒɡ’, which is to say not broken up into two syllables, not ‘v-log’. While not a word I say very often, that’s how I would pronounce it.

Me too, if I was to say it, with a short v. It's the same concept as blog - you don't say bee log, so you wouldn't say vee log.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

You mean the leader of proletariat Vladimir Lenin? but he is a Russian. And this word is not a real English word.There are also the similar problems in Spanish, both "b" and "v" sometimes sound the same which makes us novice learner confused all the time. "Barcelona" and "Valencia" are two examples.

gxnn, remember that English is a very adaptive, adoptive and constantly-changing language. Words are added at a dizzying rate. There's no English equivalent to the Académie française.

So much of English has been borrowed from other languages. For instance,the British Empire in India sent the following Hindi words into common usage: khaki, bungalow, shampoo, thug, pyjamas and many others

Words are invented, cobbled together, words like typewriter, computer, google (as a verb), noob, sext, airplane and selfie.

They are all, in a very real sense, real words.

 

[yukonnights]

Vlog is a new word, meaning "video blog" and should be pronounced as [vlog] according to the traditional grammar, but after I have checked some dictionaries, there seem to be no other words beginning with two consonants "vl", and the pronunciation becomes very hard for a speaker and not clear to a listener. In China's twitter-like social media Weibo, many people discussed this matter excitedly in June this year.

Perhaps I think [vi:log] or V-log with a long vowel added is a good pronunciation.

How do you pronouce it in real life as native speakers of English?

What are vowels and consonants? The alphabet is made up of 26 letters, 5 of which are vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and the rest of which are consonants. Thus 'blog' is the exact same construction as 'vlog'.

 

[gxnn]

I bet you don't know what it really means

English language is no more the one used and regulated by British people, Americans, Canadians, Irishmen, Australians and New Zealanders, China also contributes many in shaping this international language, like the very effective and concise expression "Long time no see".

Last Saturday, China as usual held the College English Test Band-4 and Band-6, a nationwide English language proficiency test for Chinese college students held twic a year, which produced many awkward or embarrassing expressions in Chinese-style English that might greatly influence the future development of English.

Here I would give you an example:
"You dida dida me, I huala huala you." Without asking help from others, I bet you as a native speaker will not understand what it really means, but many Chinese students know it very well, haha.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Not

a

clue.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I have heard it pronounced a number of ways...

VELOG or VaLOG

 

[JaxRhapsody]

American english speakers typically aren't putting effort in to words. You pronounce it like Blog, but with a V. It ain't hard. Blög... Vlög. Or if it's still difficult. Blog, Flog, Vlog... all the same.

 

[Bramblethorn]

You mean the leader of proletariat Vladimir Lenin? but he is a Russian.

He was indeed, but he's well known in English-speaking countries, as is Vladimir Putin and Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Dracula/Vlad Țepeș).

Some dialects of English have the word "vlei", borrowed from Afrikaans, though it's much less common than "vlog" so that may not be helpful!

I'd pronounce "vlog" similarly to "flog".

 

[jaF0]

but after I have checked some dictionaries, there seem to be no other words beginning with two consonants "vl",

There are many words beginning with two consonants; bridge, that and blue are just a few examples. If you meant ' there seem to be no other words beginning with THE two consonants "vl" ', that may be true. I'm not interested enough to seek to confirm or refute.

 

[gxnn]

Not

a

clue.

It is the translation of an idiom of Chinese, "dida dida" is the sound of a drop of water, "huala huala" is the sound of running water in some volume (quantity), so the sentence tries to mean that one should return a small favor received with a much bigger favor, like when he is thirsty you give him a drop of water, then when the time comes for him to return the favor, he should give a spring back. That is my rough translation, hope you can get the point.

There are many words beginning with two consonants; bridge, that and blue are just a few examples. If you meant ' there seem to be no other words beginning with THE two consonants "vl" ', that may be true. I'm not interested enough to seek to confirm or refute.

I remeber in the American TV drama "Prison Break", the villain named Tea Bag once held a linguistic test to a cell mate, asking him how many English words beginning with "dw-", he could only give two words, but Tea Bag said there were just four words in the whole dictionary, haha. You must get them without checking the book, right?

 

[jaF0]

On impulse, dwindle, dwell and dwarf. I'll have to think about the fourth.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Ah. Clearer now.

 

[Carnevil9]

......I'd pronounce "vlog" similarly to "flog".

Exactly. The letter F is pronounced the same as the letter V, only the F is not voiced whereas the V is. But it's the same with regards to mouth mechanics.