American English Pronunciation Workbook

Illustrating reduction in unstressed syllables

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1.  [pɹɑbʊbli]  um probably not

2.  [pɹɑbəbli]  yeah she probably got um

3.  [pɹɑbəbli]  i think it's better probably at the

4.  [pɹɑbəbli]  since i was born probably

5.  [pɹɑbəbli]  i think there was probably f

6.  [pɹɑbəbli]  the white man would probably win but the black man also

7.  [pɹɑbəbli]  and there's probably about

8.  [pɹɑbəbli]  that would probably change my decision a little bit

9.  [pɹɑbəbli]  i probably would've stayed

10.  [pɹɑbəbli]  so i should have probably end up with about eight or ten

11.  [pɹɑbəbli]  i think there should probably be some

12.  [pɹɑbəbli]  we'll probably move within the year

13.  [pɹɑbəbli]  so there was a couple people that went but probably two out of five hundred

14.  [pɹɑbl̩bli]  just the gun situation probably

15.  [pɹɑbəbli]  i uh my judgment is that we're spending today probably

16.  [pɹɑboʊbli]  i would've probably been pretty good at

17.  [pɑbl̩bli]  i think there's a lot of things that are probably positive enough about it that it

18.  [pɹɑbəbli]  is in another relationship and probably on his way to be getting married and

19.  [pɹɑbəbli]  yeah if i knew now what i knew then i probably could be a millionaire with all the lawsuits of

20.  [pɹɑbəbli]  i think example is probably the best

21.  [pɹɑbli]  right it probably went out of business when he left

22.  [pɹɑbli]  that would probably in their mind give them the reason

23.  [pɹɑbli]  oh probably my family

24.  [pɹɑbli]  it's the first chance that i've had in probably twenty years to sit back and get what i want

25.  [pɹɑbli]  i i mean that probably can be proven i don't know if anybody would do any

26.  [pɹɑbli]  so we're kinda doing that and then i figure i'm probably gonna

27.  [pɹɑbli]  yeah those places were probably about

28.  [pɹɑbli]  you would probably find that

29.  [pɹɑbli]  obviously i think probably more

30.  [pɹɑbli]  it's probably gonna be

31.  [pɹɑbli]  they would probably say

32.  [pɹɑblɪ]  well it probably would have been

33.  [pɹɑbli]  oh see and she's probably really good

34.  [pɹɑbli]  but if it is true and it probably is just because a lot of people will research it once it's on tv

35.  [pɹəbli]  i don't know actually probably if i went up there now i would like it but

36.  [pɹəblɪ]  i have three cars so i'll probably have one of them full of gas

37.  [pɹɑbli]  no they probably wouldn't

38.  [pɹɑbli]  yeah i probably will

39.  [pɹɑbli]  that probably had something to do with it

40.  [pɹɑvli]  yeah probably

41.  [pɹɑblɪ]  now they probably have

42.  [pɹɑbli]  that's that's probably why the boys don't

43.  [pɹɑbli]  i was probably

44.  [pɹɑbli]  and so i think i'll probably end up changing i don't know what to it'd probably be more towards the education line

45.  [pɹɑbli]  it is probably a legitimate

46.  [pɹɑbli]  or i mean i could probably major in english or something like that but

47.  [pɹɑbli]  i mean yeah a dog can probably get away with that kind of stuff but in broad daylight

48.  [pɹɑbli]  well i was a speech therapist probably five or six years and then ever since that i've

49.  [pɹɑbli]  of course you probably know about that

50.  [pɹəbli]  you probably see it better

51.  [pɹɑbli]  so that was probably one of the biggest problems i had

52.  [pɹɑli]  talking but you probably sort of have a limited

53.  [pɹɑli]  san diego's probably why

54.  [pɹɑli]  i think that would probably just be

55.  [pɹəlɪ]  i'm probably more libertarian than anything else

56.  [pɹɑbi]  i probably had it for a long time and i was

57.  [pɹɑbɪ]  this probably sounds really

58.  [pɹɑli]  well that's a that's a that's a that's just she probably thinks oh they're they'll like her grandkids so that

59.  [pɹɑlɪ]  you probably know more than i do then

60.  [pɹɑli]  you've probably been you've went through it all yeah well there were five of us and

61.  [pɹɑli]  at first it was probably a lot harder

62.  [pɹəbi]  i give it probably about six or seven years before

63.  [pɹɔeɪ]  i should've went and got counseling and by the way i probably should've got

64.  [pɹɑli]  and i probably

65.  [pɹɑli]  gonna probably go back and get his g e d but it's like

66.  [pɹɑli]  i like architecture but i think there's probably more time

67.  [pɹɑbi]  hum probably a good forty forty five of those throughout the city so

68.  [pɹɑli]  they probably would've been

69.  [pɹəli]  start learning things and she just does not do that i and that's probably the way she raised her kids

70.  [pɹɑli]  actually i think it needs to probably start younger than that

71.  [pɹɑi]  i got on birth control probably when i was like

72.  [pɹɑɛ]  uh probably like four days a week i know i don't look like it but

73.  [pɹaɪ]  they probably have better quality of understanding one another

74.  [pɹəi]  i'm sure that he probably did go to meetings

75.  [pɹaɪ]  i'd probably base

76.  [pɹəɛ]  they wouldn't say who the guy was that interviewed but i don't think that probably be that hard to figure out yknow they're

77.  [pɹaɪ]  how to do it so i think that would probably be about the biggest differences just

78.  [pɹɑi]  most of those people probably wouldn't want


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