Pronunciation(s) of the word "have"
Do you pronounce the word "have" in these two sentences differently?
* I have tomato soup
* I have to make some soup
I am specifically interested in the last consonant of the word "have" in each sentence. Apparently some people pronounce a /v/ in the first sentence, but a /f/ in the second (as if spelled "I haff to make some soup").
What about
* I had tomato soup
* I had to make some soup
Does anyone pronounce the second, but only the second, sentence as if spelled "hat" rather than "had"?
and
* He has tomato soup
* He has to make some soup
Does anyone pronounce the second, but only the second, sentence as if spelled "hass" rather than "hazz"?
Please tell me what kind of accent you consider yourself to have, where you grew up, and where you live now (if different).
I am prompted to ask this question because of a somewhat off-topic comment thread on Language Log. Several posters, all American and mostly from the East Coast, say they have the contrasts described here, at least in "have" and "has". I (originally English but now living in California) was pretty surprised, having never noticed or heard of such a distinction, and lacking it in my own speech.
Thanks!
UPDATE:
Thank you very much to everyone who replied! The vast majority of responses here, whether from the UK, North America, or Australia, have at least one of the distinctions. Apparently I am in a tiny minority of speakers that pronounces "have" identically in all senses.
I am dumbfounded that I have managed to live my entire life being unaware of a systematic distinction in pronunciation that nearly everyone else is making. I have to say that my confidence in my ability to listen has been somewhat battered :)
My ignorance of this distinction seems to be shared by John Wells's Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (1st edition), which makes no mention of possible devoicing of "have", although it does do so for the parallel situation with "used to". I think I shall post a question to Wells at his blog.
* I have tomato soup
* I have to make some soup
I am specifically interested in the last consonant of the word "have" in each sentence. Apparently some people pronounce a /v/ in the first sentence, but a /f/ in the second (as if spelled "I haff to make some soup").
What about
* I had tomato soup
* I had to make some soup
Does anyone pronounce the second, but only the second, sentence as if spelled "hat" rather than "had"?
and
* He has tomato soup
* He has to make some soup
Does anyone pronounce the second, but only the second, sentence as if spelled "hass" rather than "hazz"?
Please tell me what kind of accent you consider yourself to have, where you grew up, and where you live now (if different).
I am prompted to ask this question because of a somewhat off-topic comment thread on Language Log. Several posters, all American and mostly from the East Coast, say they have the contrasts described here, at least in "have" and "has". I (originally English but now living in California) was pretty surprised, having never noticed or heard of such a distinction, and lacking it in my own speech.
Thanks!
UPDATE:
Thank you very much to everyone who replied! The vast majority of responses here, whether from the UK, North America, or Australia, have at least one of the distinctions. Apparently I am in a tiny minority of speakers that pronounces "have" identically in all senses.
I am dumbfounded that I have managed to live my entire life being unaware of a systematic distinction in pronunciation that nearly everyone else is making. I have to say that my confidence in my ability to listen has been somewhat battered :)
My ignorance of this distinction seems to be shared by John Wells's Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (1st edition), which makes no mention of possible devoicing of "have", although it does do so for the parallel situation with "used to". I think I shall post a question to Wells at his blog.