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How would a posh British Speaker pronounce "Everybody"?

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

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How would a posh British Speaker pronounce "Everybody"?

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

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

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

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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)?

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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.
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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)?
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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).

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How would a posh British Speaker pronounce "Everybody"?

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

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ev‧ery‧bod‧y
/ ˈevribɒdi $ -ːdi /


bɒdi (British Pronunication)
ːdi (American Pronunciation)





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