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Bowling Alley Pronunciation
Bowling Alley is pronounced BOH-ling-A-lee, IPA /ˈboʊlɪŋ ˈæli/.
BOH-ling-A-lee
US /ˈboʊlɪŋ ˈæli/ · UK /ˈbəʊlɪŋ ˈæli/
Syllables: BOH · ling · A · lee (4 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
phrase (noun): A long narrow lane down which bowling balls are rolled, or the building that houses several.
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Bowling Alley in a Sentence
- The old bowling alley closed and became a gym.
- We booked a lane at the bowling alley for his birthday.
- There is a bowling alley behind the retail park.
Common Mispronunciations of Bowling Alley
Not BOW-ling A-lee
The first word opens on the long oh of bowl, not the ow of now. English gives those same three letters both values, and bowing to a crowd uses the other one.
Not boh-ling A-lee
Each word has a beat and the first of the two is the heavier, BOH. Letting the second dominate turns the phrase into a description of an alley rather than a name for the place.
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