How to pronounce row in American English
ROH
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Americans pronounce row as ROH (/roʊ/).
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"He sat in the front row to stay focused during lectures."
hee SAT ihn dhuh FRUHNT ROH tuh STAY FOH·kuhst DUUR·uhng LEHK·cherz
"She has a natural talent for projecting her voice to the back row."
shee huhz uh NA·cher·uhl TA·luhnt fer pruh·JEHK·tuhng her VOYS tuh dhuh BAK ROH
"She won the championship trophy three years in a row."
shee WUHN dhuh CHAM·pee·uhn·shuhp TROH·fee THREE YEERZ ihn uh ROH
"We bought front row tickets to see the new Broadway musical."
wee BAHT FRUHNT ROH TIH·kuhts tuh SEE dhuh noo BRAHD·way MYOO·zuh·kuhl
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Is the American pronunciation of "row" 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 "ROH" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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