How do you pronounce happy birthday?
Is R silent in birthday?
Birthday begins with the B consonant sound where the lips are together, bb, bb, and the vocal cords are making some sound, bb, bb, bir-. It opens into the ‘ur’ as in ‘her’ vowel sound followed by the R consonant sound.
How do you say your birthday is in an American accent?
How do you say birthday in Indian English?

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