How to pronounce mouse in American English
MOWS
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Americans pronounce mouse as MOWS (/maʊs/).
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"Her mouth remains closed when she sees a mouse."
her MOWTH ruh·MAYNZ KLOHZD wehn shee SEEZ uh MOWS
"Look at the brown mouse."
LUUK uht dhuh BROWN MOWS
"The small mouse ran right past his open mouth."
dhuh SMAHL MOWS RAN RAHYT PAST hihz OH·puhn MOWTH
"The brown mouse was found on the ground outside."
dhuh BROWN MOWS wuhz FOWND ahn dhuh GROWND OWT·sahyd
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Is the American pronunciation of "mouse" 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 "MOWS" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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