Could you please help me understand this conversation?

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plastix

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Hello!

In the following interview, Josh Homme explains how to pronounce his name.

https://soundcloud.com/thrashhits/josh-homme-says-his-name

Unfortunately, there is a part of the conversation that is not really intelligible to my non-native speaker ears. It's between 00:07 and 00:14.

Here is what I understand:

If I ever could leave the state, it's "Homme". That's ... that's what...
- If you go to France, it's "Homme"?
- If I go to the rest of Europe, it's "Homme"


Could you please help me correct my transcript?

Thank you!
 

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- If I ever leave the States, it's /ɒm/.
- If you go to France, it's /ɒm/?
- If I go [to] the rest of Europe, it's /ɒm/
 

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- If I ever leave the States, it's /ɒm/.
- If you go to France, it's /ɒm/?
- If I go [to] the rest of Europe, it's /ɒm/

Thanks for your reply.

To my ears it sounds like there is a word between 'ever' and 'leave' in the first sentence. Is it just because he is faltering?
In the second sentence, I could not really hear the word 'go' even though I could deduct it was there. Was it really pronounced?
In the third sentence, I also noticed that 'to' was not pronounced. Is this grammatically correct?
 

Tdol

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To my ears it sounds like there is a word between 'ever' and 'leave' in the first sentence. Is it just because he is faltering?
Yes

In the second sentence, I could not really hear the word 'go' even though I could deduct it was there. Was it really pronounced?
I can hear it.

In the third sentence, I also noticed that 'to' was not pronounced. Is this grammatically correct?
No, but people say things like this.
 
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