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Pronunciation of Everbody in British English
Hi,
How would a posh British Speaker pronounce "Everybody"?
Does the "body" in Everybody has a "aw" sound or a schwa sound??
Thanks
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Re: Pronunciation of Everbody in British English

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
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Re: Pronunciation of Everbody in British English

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)?
Last edited by anupumh; 28-Oct-2009 at 19:57.
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Re: Pronunciation of Everbody in British English

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 "

" p
ot sound (short vowel sound)?
Yes it does.
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Re: Pronunciation of Everbody in British English

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)?
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Re: Pronunciation of Everbody in British English

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 "

" p
ot 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
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Re: Pronunciation of Everbody in British English

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)
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