Talk:timbre

Homophone of timber

I've removed the homophone "timber" and noted that the corresponding pronunciation is simply a common mispronunciation. 58.191.155.98 09:19, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

According to the Random House Dictionary of the English Language (U.S. English), /ˈtɪm.bɚ/ is not a mispronunciation, but the preferred pronunciation. /ˈtɪm.bɚ/ is the only way I’ve heard people say it here. —Stephen 09:43, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps it's an exclusively American pronunciation; I've never heard it said that way here (in Australia) except when people mispronounce it. I'll add a note to this effect. D4g0thur 09:17, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Speaking as a Californian, I've only ever heard it pronounced /ˈtæm.bɚ/. If I were to prescribe a pronunciation, it would be /ˈtɛm.bɚ/, like the French, but the word is simply not said that way. Pronouncing it "timber" just seems like a mispronunciation arising from the spelling. X Parasite 06:02, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

The only way I've ever heard it pronounced is /ˈtæm.bɚ/, in Texas, Arkansas, and California. Webster's gives both pronunciations, but lists /ˈtæm.bɚ/ as the first pronunciation. --EncycloPetey 06:15, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

I’ve heard ‘timbre’ said as a (in most areas) non-rhotic version of the secondary American pronunciation listed here in the U.K. too. I don’t know if this technically counts as an Americanism or mispronunciation but it seems from my experience and the comments on this talk page that, in both Britain and Australia, ‘timbre’ and ‘timber’ can be homophones Overlordnat1 (talk) 08:38, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

OED has (British) /ˈtambə/, /ˈtɪmbə/, /ˈtambrə/, (US) /ˈtɪmbər/, /ˈtæmbər/, /ˈtæmbrə/. Equinox ◑ 08:40, 11 June 2021 (UTC)