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Feb 4, 2022 at 14:52 comment added PLL Re your last paragraph: I’m pretty sure I’ve occasionally heard would of pronounced with the strong of by native BrE speakers, in contexts where the phrase was heavily emphasised — something like “Didn’t he? I really would of!” — contexts where another speaker might say it with the strong form of have. Which doesn’t seem surprising — the spelling strongly suggests its users have reanalysed would /əv/ as would of, and so in contexts that elicit the strong form, it’s the strong form of of that comes out.
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