How To Pronounce Buddy?
Is Buddy used in the UK?
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Buddy is occasionally used in British English, dude is never used except when imitating Americans.J
Does it matter how you pronounce either?
‘Most’ native speakers tend to pronounce ‘either’ [ˈaɪðə] in sentences like ‘either this or that’. And pronounce it [ˈiːðə] in ‘I don’t either’ constructions. But then again, it varies from speaker to speaker. Both of them are correct and perfectly natural.D
How do you say either in Canada?
Canadians often side with the British on the pronunciation of lever /ˈlivər/, and several other words; been is pronounced by many speakers as /bin/, rather than /bɪn/; and either and neither are more commonly /ˈaɪðər/ and /ˈnaɪðər/, respectively.
Is either pronounced eether or ither?
Using English phonetics, [ EE-ther ] and [ AHY-ther ] are both correct.A
How do you pronounce Buddy?
Why are there two ways to say either?
The word either is derived from the Old English ǣgther, which was a short for contracted form of ǣg(e)hwæther, of Germanic origin. E-Intro to Old English – 2. Pronunciation reports the Old English pronunciation as it has been reconstructed from linguists.A
Is EE ther or eye ther?
Some words may quite properly be pronounced in different ways. One of my favourite examples is “either”, which for most people is “eyether” but can be “eether”. When I use the word, it quite often is (when I remember), just because I quite like differing from the norm.
How do you say either in Australia?
How do Australians pronounce either” and “neither”? According to the Macquarie University site on Australian phonetics/phonologythose words would be pronounced [ˈ(n)ɑeːðə] there.F
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