Do Americans pronounce "perhaps" : pe'haps or praps ? Or both ways ? What about British persons ?
Thank you for your kind help.
Myself.
Thank you for your kind help.
Myself.
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How do Americans pronounce "perhaps"
Do Americans pronounce "perhaps" : pe'haps or praps ? Or both ways ? What about British persons ?
Thank you for your kind help. Myself.
Exactly as spelled. Two syllables, all letters pronounced, emphasis on the second syllable.
I am an American and I pronounce it as spelled: per-haps.
When pronounced by the British, it sounds like "paps" or "p'haps" to me.
<<Do Americans pronounce "perhaps" : pe'haps or praps ? Or both ways ?>>
Neither. Like Uriel and Guest, I pronounce it just like it's spelled - in IPA, [p@`"h{ps]. <<What about British persons ?>> In Britain, there are two common pronunciations: "pehaps" [p@"h{ps] "praps" ["pr{ps]
I do not pronounce it as its spelt. I pronunce it "praps", as a side note; my girlfriend on the other hand, pronounce it "pehaps" :)
Like Lazar, Uriel and Guest, I pronounce it just as it's spelt: /p@"h{ps/.
I, as a Westcoast Canadian pronounce "perhaps" like most Americans.
This is a 2-syllable word with the word emphasis on the 2nd. The 'r' is combined with the 'e' to become a rhotic schwa (/@r/) since the 1st syllable is not stressed. The 'h' is pronounced as glottal fricative and not as a glottal stop or silent. The 'a' is uttered as its short sound /{/ as in "ash". And hence in broad transcription without the ability to do it in IPA format, my pronunciation of the word "perhaps" would be transcribed as /p@r'h{ps/. I do believe the various ways this word is being uttered around the world as mentioned by most of you is quite common.
[p3'h{ps] would be the most accurate for my pronunciation. I think this would be closer to standard american than using a schwa. I personally go directly from the p to a kind of sustained r sound (I think 3' is the best way to represent that.)
This 3' is quite common in my dialect fir or fur= f3' water = wa43' fire = faj3' etc.
After looking at the x-sampa site I'm not so sure anymore about my transcriptions. I think I should have used [`] instead of ['], and I am not sure about my vowels Anyways, I feel like I go directly from the initial p to an r sound, without even saying a vowel.
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