How to pronounce grass in American English
GRAS
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Americans pronounce grass as GRAS (/græs/).
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"Six snakes hissed across the soft grass."
SIHKS SNAYKS HIHST uh·KRAHS dhuh sahft GRAS
"The grass needs to be mowed once a week in the summer."
dhuh GRAS NEEDZ tuh bee MOHD WUHNS uh WEEK ihn dhuh SUH·mer
"The plains are flat and covered with tall grass."
dhuh PLAYNZ ar FLAT and KUH·verd wihth TAHL GRAS
"Tigers have striped fur that helps them camouflage in the grass."
TAHY·gerz hav STRAHYPT FUR dhuht HEHLPS dhuhm KA·muh·flahzh ihn dhuh GRAS
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Is the American pronunciation of "grass" 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 "GRAS" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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