Does Do I Know him
in the US sound like Do I Know herm
?
Google translation speak like Do I Know him
,and the link of
Google Translate
It's the last word so it's not connected speech
.it confuse me when speaking him
and herm
?
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Sign up to join this communityDoes Do I Know him
in the US sound like Do I Know herm
?
Google translation speak like Do I Know him
,and the link of
Google Translate
It's the last word so it's not connected speech
.it confuse me when speaking him
and herm
?
Yes, it does. You understand that the usual pronunciation in American English might differ from the pronunciation in automated translation services. We hear “him” / hɪm / in the automated translation but something more like “herm” (with a neutral vowel / həm / ) is what we expect to hear in connected speech in the typical American accent. In rapid conversation you may also hear, “Do I know ’əm?”.
To illustrate this, in this video the first person speaking says (at 0:35) “...I can’t speak for how the rest of the world relates to him...”. Here the word “him” is pronounced with a neutral vowel / həm /.
This may be a common American pronunciation but is not the only possible pronunciation in all American dialects and in all contexts. It is also worth noting that a neutral vowel in this situation is a common feature of some other English dialects including Australian English.