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I reckon today many British English speakers pronounce 'Kind of' as 'Kine-uh', like Americans.

When you pronounce 'Kind of' in that way and vowels are linked right after it, (like as in 'Kind of offensive')

Would you link 'r' sound, like 'Kine-ur-offensive'?

(You know, many British speakers link 'r' sound like that.)

I know this is a bit weird question but I'm really curious. So if anyone knows, please reply. I'd really appreciate it.

Optilang · Accepted Answer

Hello athelas, and welcome to the forums.

I pronounce 'kind of' linking the 'd' to the 'of'

Hope it helps

Yizhivika · Answer

Hi athelas (and welcome to English Forums),

I think you may be starting from a false premise here; I'm not at all sure that many British speakers pronounce 'Kind of" as 'Kine-uh'.

The pronunciation of 'Kind of" as 'Kind-uh' is certainly common in colloquial British speech, but I'm not convinced that 'Kine-uh' is as common as you might imagine it is.

In any event, with the example of 'Kind of offensive' that you provide, the 'Kind of' (assuming that the 'of' is not pronounced fully, as it often would be by many British speakers) would be most likely pronounced as 'Kind-uv', not 'Kind-uh', because of the vowel that begins the following word.

Hope that helps!

Kooyeen · Answer

Welcome to EnglishForward!

OF can be pronounced uh as long as it's not followed by a vowel, and it appears unstressed in fast speech.

Piece of paper = Piece a paper
Piece of apple = Piece uv apple (apple starts with a vowel sound)

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