How to pronounce "holly"

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Girl: No, the other one was a book. (Mother: Oh, okay.)

JN: Well this book has seven chapters,

and the last chapter

is entitled "The Good Things About Being Deaf."

Do you remember writing that chapter?

Girl: Yes I do. I remember writing every chapter.

JN: Yeah.

Girl: Well sometimes my sister can be kind of annoying.

So it comes in handy to not be annoyed by her.

JN: I see. And who is that?

Girl: Holly. (JN: Okay.)

Mother: Her sister. (JN: Her sister.) Girl: My sister.

JN: And how can you avoid being annoyed by her?

Girl: I just take off my CI, and I don't hear anything.

(Laughter)

It comes in handy.

JN: So you don't want to hear everything that's out there?

Girl: No.

CL: And so she's phenomenal.

And there's no way that you can't look at that as an overwhelming success.

It is. It's a huge success story in modern medicine.

Phonetic Breakdown of "holly"

Learn how to break down "holly" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.

Standard Phonetic Pronunciation:

/ˈhɒli/

/ˈhɑli/

Phonetic representation based on standard dictionaries

IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:

HH AA1 L IY0

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Pronunciation Tips:

Stress the first syllable
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Practice each syllable separately

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Definition of "holly"

Pronunciation: /ˈhɒli/

Noun

Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.
The wood from this tree.
(with a qualifier) Any of several unrelated plant species likened to Ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and/or round, bright-red berries

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