How to pronounce forehead

August 2024 · 1 minute read

Is it pronounced forehead or Farhead?

According to the OED Forehead can be pronounced either ‘forhed’ or ‘forrid’.

How do you pronounce forehead Australia?

How do the British pronounce forehead?

The noun forehead has two pronunciations. The traditional realization in RP – the formal British pronunciation – made ‘forehead‘ rhyme with ‘horrid’ (IPA: /ˈfɒr ɪ (or ɛ)d/.

Is the H silent in forehead?

forehead once rhymed with horrid but is now pronounced with the second syllable as /hɛd/ by 85% of American speakers and 65% of British speakers. This is actually a reversion to the original pronunciation.

Why is the p silent in raspberry?

Because it is a rasp berry. The P might get lost in some pronounciations, but it is still there. It should be noted that the p isn’t supposed to be silent, just a ton of people leave it out.

What forehead means?

1 : the part of the face above the eyes. 2 : the front or forepart of something flames in the forehead of the morning sky— John Milton.

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