How to pronounce proof in American English
PROOF
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Americans pronounce proof as PROOF (/pruf/).
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"Do you have proof that this news is true?"
doo yoo hav PROOF dhuht dhihs NOOZ ihz TROO
"The burden of proof lies with the prosecution in this case."
dhuh BUR·duhn uhv PROOF LAHYZ wihth dhuh prah·suh·KYOO·shuhn ihn dhihs KAYS
"The theory seems sound, but lacks proof."
dhuh THEE·uh·ree SEEMZ SOWND buht LAKS PROOF
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Is the American pronunciation of "proof" 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 "PROOF" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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