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The classic one is "should have" or "should've" to "should of" because when spoken, it really does sound similar. I don't know what the fuck people are learning
by bschwindHN 1mo ago
The classic one is "should have" or "should've" to "should of" because when spoken, it really does sound similar. I don't know what the fuck people are learning in English classes these days though, or if they even still have them.
- efskap 1mo agoThey sound exactly the same to me. Wiktionary gives <should've> as /ˈʃʊdəv/, unstressed <have> as /(h)əv/ and unstressed <of> as /əv/.
- NooneAtAll3 1mo agoone is v the other is f
- lgessler 1mo agoSpelling is no guide for pronunciation here, though. In North American and Commonwealth dialects of English I don't think there's a context in which the <f> in <of> is really pronounced as a [f]. It is rather a [v].
- efskap 1mo agoOnly in South Asian varieties of English apparently: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/of#Pronunciation https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/of#Pronunciation