Pronunciation of the word “of”?
Why does “of” always sound like ov? Or does it depend on the Region (e.g. US, UK) or maybe on the word that follows the preposition?
How can we pronounce “title” of every question?
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The word of is commonly pronounced weakly, and the /f/ sound at the end of of is sometimes pronounced as . The expression “of course” was one that is considered a typical example. Is the /v/ in the word “of” often pronounced as before an unvoiced consonant.
I know I didn’t know this one coming when I was expecting it, but she was perfect. I am a native Thai girl. I know the words “of” in the phrase that I’m in college and the words “of course” have the same pitch. I learned the following rule: The word of is spoken with the sound “f”. From my reading of have in a number in English class, learn it as a rule had given me a (wrong) impression that it’s something important to be aware of. But, while looking for a material to back up this “rule,” I learned that this is merely a variation of the actual sound of the same phoneme /v/.
In English (well, OK, UK, US, Australian and NZ English, at least, but I suspect all English), “of” is pronounced with the ‘v’ sound, as “ov”. This helps to distinguish it from “off,” a separate word (meaning “not on”), pronounced with the ‘f’ sound.
According to the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, the strong form is pronounced as (British) / (US), whereas the weak form is pronounced as . How is the informal short form (sometimes written as “O”) pronounced . There is no mentioning of any exceptions, suggesting that the of in “of course” (cf. Ref. Other answers and comments) is pronounced in the same way and that is not the case with f. Audio files can be found here. “of” is a rare exception of a word where f is pronounced like v. “F has f, as it
defines itself, so the definition is not exactly like that.”
We are different about everything. It depends. It’s always “ov. ov. “, which is no less common than “ov.”. In the best case it’s always “ov.”. What would happen if someone said “piece a shit” or “cream a crop” but here it can be shortened to “a” What
are some of the best words for shortening? I mean “I’ve heard a him”, “what do you think” is less common in people? Especially for people. “Unfortunate
your friends.”
