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How to pronounce familiar in American English
“familiar” pronunciation by American speakers
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Does that sound familiar?
NTSB
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MR PRICE: I’m not familiar – immediately familiar with the particulars of this case.
State Department
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seem less familiar or more familiar and I just got noticed that we do
Smithsonian Air & Space
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