Pronunciation of Everbody in British English

[anupumh]

Hi,

How would a posh British Speaker pronounce "Everybody"?

Does the "body" in Everybody has a "aw" sound or a schwa sound??

Thanks

[BobK]

Originally Posted by anupumh

Hi,

How would a posh British Speaker pronounce "Everybody"?

Does the "body" in Everybody has a "aw" sound or a schwa sound??

Thanks

Neither; /ɔ/ An extreme RP speaker might use a sound approximating to /ʌ/.

b

[anupumh]

Originally Posted by BobK

Neither; /ɔ/ An extreme RP speaker might use a sound approximating to /ʌ/.

b

I unfortunately cannot see the phonetic symbol which you have typed...

I wanted to ask that does the body in everybody has the "" pot sound (short vowel sound)?

[bhaisahab]

Originally Posted by anupumh

I unfortunately cannot see the phonetic symbol why you have typed...

I wanted to ask that does the body in everybody has the "" pot sound (short vowel sound)?

Yes it does.

[anupumh]

Originally Posted by bhaisahab

Yes it does.

But I think Americans and Australians dont pronounce it that way?

Similarly do the anybody and somebody also have the same pronunciation (body sound)?

[BobK]

Originally Posted by anupumh

I unfortunately cannot see the phonetic symbol which you have typed...
Sorry about that.
I wanted to ask that does the body in everybody has the "" pot sound (short vowel sound)?

I'm happy with "". I don't use 'sounds like' equivalents, because there's no guarantee that readers will pronounce the rhyming word right (not the immediate reader - you - but future readers).

b

[yiuho]

Originally Posted by anupumh

Hi,

How would a posh British Speaker pronounce "Everybody"?

Does the "body" in Everybody has a "aw" sound or a schwa sound??

Thanks

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5 DVD

ev‧ery‧bod‧y / ˈevribɒdi $ -bɑːdi /


bɒdi (British Pronunication)
bɑːdi (American Pronunciation)