tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post4589883062834586782..comments2024-01-08T18:25:51.974+00:00Comments on Kraut's English phonetic blog: aboveKrauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11932831673529849848noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-3328835043954659262013-03-02T14:23:46.159+00:002013-03-02T14:23:46.159+00:00Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau perhaps: [ə&...Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau perhaps: [ə'bəv]Sidney Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138711082469220983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-394096085578289012013-02-27T19:45:17.216+00:002013-02-27T19:45:17.216+00:00By the way, this is what you get if you type "...By the way, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_British" rel="nofollow">this is what you get</a> if you type "General British" in to Wikipedia.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04081841460525341333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-12988952707101652572013-02-27T19:23:07.252+00:002013-02-27T19:23:07.252+00:00I think that [əbəv] is a common weak from. I'...I think that [əbəv] is a common weak from. I'm not sure about [bəv, bv̩] though. Where have you heard them? Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04081841460525341333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-3106363109080992942013-02-27T11:10:41.212+00:002013-02-27T11:10:41.212+00:00I sympathise with your query but, while by no mean...I sympathise with your query but, while by no means suggesting that your reduced versions are impossible, I'd have to say that they represent what I guess most people wd regard as extremely casual utterance. So it makes them very dubious items for the attention of lexicographers if that's what you have in mind.JWLhttp://yek.me.uknoreply@blogger.com