Proper Pronunciation Guide

Hunter College

[ˏhʌn tɚ kɑ ləʤ]

Tips:

  • Give a minor stress to the first word, “Hunter,” and the major stress to the second word, “College.”
  • Be sure to pronounce the letter “t” in “Hunter.”
  • Be sure to voice the final consonant
    /ʤ/ sufficiently.

Practice Sentence:

 She studies psychology at Hunter College.

Notes:

In New York City the announcement on the #6 subway train, which stops at Hunter College at Lexington Avenue and 68th Street, usually stresses the first word “Hunter.” However, in compound proper nouns, which are the names of people and places, the final word should be stressed: Hunter College, New York, Central Park.

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