Everybody, nobody, anybody, somebody

Do you pronounce the -body suffix in these words like ''body'' or like ''buddy''?

buddy.

I pronounce the -body suffix in those words like ''buddy''. I'm from the United States.

It sound the O in Port but without rounding the lips and not quite it as drawn out.

So in the US, you could actually be calling your buddy, your body. You could test it out in a bar there, to see what reaction you get from the locals. :)

I quite cleary say "body" in each suffix...equating more or less to how an English person would pronounce "bawdy".

I don't think many Britons use the word "buddy" meaning a friend.....it seems to be exclusively American? Here in the UK "mate" is almost universal, especially in England. In Scotland "pal" is quite common, especially in Glasgow.

G'day mate! Americans use pal a lot too.

Like "body" not "buddy" for me: /bodi(:)/ not /b^di(:)/.