why pendulum has a j sound i found on the net its pronounced penjalum but my teacher always pronounces it pend?

It doesn't really have a J sound... it just sounds like it does.

In the word "pendulum", the "du" syllable should correctly be pronounced DYOU. This can sound very similar to a JU sound, but it's not quite the same.

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Good question, I just ordered a publication I came across in a pain clinic that has a syllable by syllable break down of the Tetragrammaton and when I get it I will email what it says. The correct way is JHVH, Bible translators and different writings use Yahweh but you will be surprised to see why, I'm not saying anything right now because I only had a quick glance as it is a rather large book and it has all of John Wytciff, William Tyndale's and some other early translations before the 1611 King James was published. It's interesting that Wytcliff and Tyndale were not the only ones that the Catholic Pope had burned on a stake because they wanted the people to have a Bible to read for themselves. Anyway with the breakdown of each syllable of the Tetragrammaton we see that the correct way to spell God's name is Yehovah with the Y said with a soft g, a soft g sounds like our j so Jehovah is an accurate way to pronounce and spell the Tetragrammaton. Agape Ken

Pendulum Pronunciation

I am not sure. If it is not related to the origin of the word and I don't think it is. The "J" sound is the result of an accent. The influence of some regional pattern of speech and has nothing to do with the word or the meaning of the word.

It is the influence of the British. They have this thing about Ds and Us in the same word. See, schedule.

you are right but this must be pronounced according to Inglish rules we can not go through that

These are variants, both acceptable, between dialects and even between individual speakers.

The Oxford English Dictionary lists several forms:

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UK /ˈpɛndjᵿləm/ , /ˈpɛndʒᵿləm/ , U.S. /ˈpɛndʒəl(ə)m/ , /ˈpɛndjəl(ə)m/

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