How to pronounce how's in American English
HOWZ
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Americans pronounce how's as HOWZ (/haʊz/).
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Why it sounds different
Why "how's" sounds like HOWZ.
The "" at the end of "" and the "y" starting "" blend together into "" — natural in casual conversation; in formal or careful speech, the two sounds stay separate. This is called the Y-Merging (gotcha, didja), what turns word-by-word reading into actual conversation. It comes out as HOWZ.
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Is the American pronunciation of "how's" 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 "HOWZ" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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