Question 1

How do native speakers pronounce "eckleburg" in English?

Accepted Answer

In natural English speech, "eckleburg" appears in contexts such as: "But while in our culture the yellow color of gold is seen as telling us that wealth is beauty and beauty, wealth - in the novel The Great Gatsby it's a bit different. In the novel yellow is the color not only of wealth but also of death: Myrtle Wilson's house is yellow, the eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg -- which stare over so much death in the novel in so many ways -- are ringed in yellow glasses, Gatsby's car -- that fatal missile -- is yellow.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

Question 2

Where can I hear "eckleburg" used in a real sentence?

Accepted Answer

Our pronunciation database found 1 conversational video occurrences of "eckleburg" with real-time synchronized transcripts and sentence context.

How to pronounce“eckleburg”in English

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