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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Is there any difference in pronunciations please of hire and higher?
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it might vary quite a bit with what part of Britain a person is from; i say them similarly; but you might find others say higher with more of a "yu" sound with the tongue on the gh, and hire more smoothly with the r made without the tongue but by the top teeth touching the bottom lip. d
- it might vary quite a bit with what part of Britain a person is from; i say them similarly; but you might find others say higher with more of a "yu" sound with the tongue on the gh, and hire more smoothly with the r made without the tongue but by the top teeth touching the bottom lip.
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it might vary quite a bit with what part of Britain a person is from; i say them similarly; but you might find others say higher with more of a "yu" sound with the tongue on the gh, and hire more smoothly with the r made without the tongue but by the top teeth touching the bottom lip.
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Anonymous Is there any difference in pronunciations please of hire and higher?Not in the American English I speak.
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