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Could you transcribe "Burj Al Arab" with English phonetic symbols? /bɜːdʒ ˈæl ˈær.əb/?

Hotel Burj Al Arab is where the idea of a seven-star hotel came to life

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In Southern British English: [ˌbɜːd͡ʒ.əl.əˈræb]. In General American English: [ˌbɝd͡ʒ.əl.əˈɹæb]. I've also heard [ˌbɝd͡ʒ.əl.æˈɹæb] and [ˌbɝd͡ʒ.æl.æˈɹæb] (the Al is an Arabic word so I don't know how it's supposed to be pronounced, but I suspect it's with a schwa).

[ɝ] is called a rhotacised vowel which is the rhotic equivalent of the non-rhotic vowel [ɜ]. Rhotacised vowels are mainly used in rhotic accents such as General American English.

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