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Speech & Pronunciation

Full house

0How do you say full house, as in poker. Ful-louse? Or full house?02br
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0I don't think you can ever drop the H in nouns, unless you want to speak Cockney or something, lol. 05002br
00It is dropped in connected speech in particles like "His", "He", "Him", "her" though. 010id4
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0Thanks, Mr M and Kooyeen. Now I know the h cannot be dropped in this phrase.02br
00I asked this because the H is occassionally dropped in some words when it is preceded by an R, e.g. 01i00after-hours 02i00and01i00 perhaps02i00, so I wondered if it ever happens in any set phrases.0-
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00The01b00 H 02b00of 01i00hours02i00 is always silent. 01i00 Perhaps02i00 is of course one word, and the second syllable is stressed; those who drop the 01b00H02b00 probably do so from contraction. I don't think preceding 01b00R02b00s are relevant. Look for dr
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0Thanks a lot, Mr. M. How could I forget that the H in 01i00hour02i00s is always silent !?02br
00Now I understand that since the 01i00house02i00 in 01i00full house02i00 is stressed, the H cannot be dropped. The stress is what has been bothering me, because I didn't know if I should stress the 01i00house
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01cite10Pter12cite10Now I understand that since the 11i10house12i10 in 11i10full house12i10 is stressed, the H cannot be dropped.12blockquote
10I don't think it's a matter of stress. I don't think you would drop the H in "house", even if it's totally unstressed. Or pronounce the
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0Thank you very much, Kooyeen. Mr M said, "Look for dropped or weakened 01b00H02b00s in 01u00unstressed02u00 syllables: 01i00 inhibition, rehabilitation02i00, etc." My understanding of this sentence is that the H is never dropped when the syllable is stressed and it may or may not be dropped or reduced in the unstressed syllab
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01cite10Pter12cite11i10Hour12i10 is an odd man out.12blockquote
10 01i00hour02i00 is not the only one in the category of initial silent 01i00h02i00.02br
01i00hour, honor, honest, heir, herb02i00 (American English) and their
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0Thank you very much, Jim. Herb (American English) is the only one I didn't know. 0-
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