How to pronounce boss in American English
BAHS
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Americans pronounce boss as BAHS (/bɑs/).
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"My boss called a meeting for this morning."
mahy BAHS KAHLD uh MEE·duhng fer dhihs MOR·nuhng
"My boss wants the project completed today."
mahy BAHS WAHNTS dhuh PRAH·jehkt kuhm·PLEE·tuhd tuh·DAY
"Talk to your boss."
TAHK tuh yer BAHS
"The boss lost the cost of the lost cloth."
dhuh BAHS LAHST dhuh kahst uhv dhuh LAHST KLAHTH
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Is the American pronunciation of "boss" different from British English?
American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "BAHS" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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