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").
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* I had
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Born and raised in Germany; my native English accent is something RP-like that I got from my UK-born father.
Compare also "I used two sticks" and "I used to stick", where the "used to" combination is "yooced to" while simply used" is "yoozed".
I imagine that the cause of those "special combinations" (hass to, haff to, yooced to) being pronounced differently from the identically-spelled verbs (hazz, havv, yoozed) is the same, whatever it is.
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I *think* I unvoice the first, devoice the second (not the same as unvoiced), and unvoice the third.
I grew up in Texas but have a pretty Standard American accent as far as I can tell.
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(Raised and live in Minnesota)
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