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moemendhia
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pronunciation
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Hello everyone , I �ve been arguing with a colleague about the pronunciation of the word "obviously" , she told me we don �t pronounce the letter "b"(silent) , but in my Oxford phonetic transcription it �s pronounced , can anyone help us tp pronounce it correctly & thanks in advance ! |
24 Oct 2013
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Terri Lawson
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It is pronounced, unfortunately I don �t have IPL font to give you the correct pronunciation. Hopefully someone else can do that for you. |
24 Oct 2013
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moemendhia
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Thank you dear friend for your help  |
24 Oct 2013
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dutchboydvh
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In my part of the US, we pronounce the �b. Something like this... *Ob-vee-us-lee*
In other places, it may be pronounced slightly different and the �b� is less... well... obvious. ;-)
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24 Oct 2013
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cunliffe
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You do pronounce the �b �. |
24 Oct 2013
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Peter Hardy
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Yep, we pronounce the �b � but barely, as Dutchboy indicated, which may make your colleague believe we don �t pronounce it at all. But the dictionary agrees with us, so you, we and the dictionary are right and your colleague is not. Cheers.
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24 Oct 2013
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moemendhia
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Many greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat thanks to all of you dear colleagues |
24 Oct 2013
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almaz
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And just to ram the point home...
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24 Oct 2013
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yanogator
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We can look at it physiologically, too. A v is pronounced with the top teeth touching the lower lip. The b is pronounced with the two lips together. To say "obviously", you touch the lips together, then separate them with the top teeth touching the lower lip. Because of this, the b isn �t emphasized at all, as others have said, but it is definitely pronounced, since the lips do touch. Bruce |
24 Oct 2013
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moemendhia
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Thank you for all of you for your precious help! |
24 Oct 2013
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