How native speakers pronounce “maybe”

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You see, if I saw "real" happiness as the big headline news events, I'd have maybe one a month if I'm lucky. And between them, what would I do then?

Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED · TED

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You see, if I saw "real" happiness as the big headline news events, I'd have maybe one a month if I'm lucky. And between them, what would I do then?

Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED · TED

It's really prompted by a conversation I had with a wonderful woman who maybe most people have never heard of, Gillian Lynne. Have you heard of her? Some have.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

them a quick glance maybe take a photo and then we're rushing off to bag the

Running

So in the home, designate a spot for your keys -- a hook by the door, maybe a decorative bowl. For your passport, a particular drawer.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

make each time block longer than you think it should be maybe even twice as long you might also ask yourself where you

Slow Thinking

through a different kind of faith. Maybe this time we would sit at the gate a little bit longer

The Love of My Life (and Why I Need to Share It with You) | Ann Patchett | TED · TED

for work, for love, for your happiness, maybe even for the world. This is not my opinion.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

you felt fully integrated into a group. Maybe you're on a sports team, maybe you played in a band, or maybe

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

Maybe you're on a sports team, maybe you played in a band, or maybe just had a great group of friends that

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

loved to hang out together. Or maybe it was at work. Maybe you were

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

Or maybe it was at work. Maybe you were part of a team trying to do something

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

At first we thought this would be fine, maybe even better. But quantity pushes out quality, and

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

Not that you need to do right now, but maybe do it later today or later this week. I want you to imagine yourself on your deathbed,

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

Richard Powers, in his book "Bewilderment," says, maybe the purpose of life is about leaving little pieces of ourselves behind in others.

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

add grassroots, women, maybe sprinkle some youth so you can tick an inclusion box, write reports and repeat.

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

You bring in a few young Israelis and Palestinians. You put them somewhere nice -- maybe in a retreat location in Europe. You encourage them to pour their hearts out.

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

And he said, "Well, OK, I'll tell my manager about it, and maybe we'll do it, but sorry, we can't do this today." Then I left.

What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED · TED

Why isn't there more -- I know you all are growing maybe as fast, but why not roll out as fast as possible?

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

like just because of this? Maybe just because of you all and some of the other players, 10 15 years, what will it look like?

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

Now I know what you’re thinking, OK, maybe you’re rolling your eyes. Maybe you're laughing,

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

maybe you’re rolling your eyes. Maybe you're laughing, maybe you feel nervous -- it’s OK.

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

Maybe you're laughing, maybe you feel nervous -- it’s OK. I felt all of those things the first time I heard myself say it.

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

a new skill overnight. Maybe even sharing a memory with a friend and having it feel just as real to them as it felt to you.

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

(Cheers) Maybe my viral meme where I was “Sorry to that man.” (Laughter)

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

and you've got the local pizza shop on speed dial? Or maybe you got a bit sleepy. So isn't it a no-brainer that cannabis can help us sleep better?

Can Cannabis Help You Sleep? Here’s the Science | Jen Walsh | TED · TED

And if silicon can be sentient, then maybe our messy flesh-and-blood bodies will soon be superseded by machines that never age

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

Craig Richard: Now, if you felt deeply relaxed or maybe you felt those special brain tingles, you might have been wondering, “What is going on inside my brain?”

The Brain Science (and Benefits) of ASMR | Craig Richard | TED · TED

If you've never felt this experience, maybe you just haven’t had the right real-world encounter yet. Or maybe it's determined at birth.

The Brain Science (and Benefits) of ASMR | Craig Richard | TED · TED

maybe you just haven’t had the right real-world encounter yet. Or maybe it's determined at birth. It could be determined by the sequence of your genes related to oxytocin

The Brain Science (and Benefits) of ASMR | Craig Richard | TED · TED

Now if real artificial consciousness is on the way, maybe through some other technology or other pathway, then this is entirely justified.

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

And we do that in part to keep kids safe, right? Like, maybe picking your nose spreads germs and maybe touching that toad will give you warts,

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

Like, maybe picking your nose spreads germs and maybe touching that toad will give you warts, even though I don't actually think that's true.

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

"Oh, my goodness, something really gross is happening to my body!" We think, "Oh my God, maybe I'm gross. And maybe that means that there's something bad or wrong about me."

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

We think, "Oh my God, maybe I'm gross. And maybe that means that there's something bad or wrong about me." The thing is, that if you de facto associate gross stuff with immorality,

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

(Laughter) During COVID, Kanye West called me maybe every other day. We talked about an hour at a time, mostly about how he thinks he was richer

The Problem with Billionaires — and the Debut of True Net Worth | Randall Lane | TED · TED

Give while you live. Give faster and bigger maybe than you're comfortable with, give your money or your time.

The Problem with Billionaires — and the Debut of True Net Worth | Randall Lane | TED · TED

While all the brothers were busy just being hyper-connected 24/7, maybe a sister would have noticed the iceberg, because she would have woken up

How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

You might have your work agent, your personal Claw, maybe one for health, maybe one for relationship.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

your personal Claw, maybe one for health, maybe one for relationship. And they all should work together in a secure way.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

into something that is fun and useful and maybe a bit weird. You know, lobsters and headbands and beer businesses.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

because you can only access what's on that computer. And maybe all your pictures are not there. CA: Well, definitely, if humanity goes down,

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

and you don't have to worry about all of those things that maybe would have happened because of your gender. Like the nerd I am,

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

about how to negotiate successfully as a woman. Maybe give you a few examples of how this works, right? So instead of saying,

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

I actually have no idea what you were talking about. Can we maybe rewind a bit?" And to study these things,

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

Now, to get us all into this mindset of what it's like to feel awkward, but maybe potentially a little bit nice, I want you all to think

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

How many of you have increases in your heart rate, maybe your palms are sweating? You can start to feel yourself getting a little tingly

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

and you have someone who works for you, and a recruiter calls, maybe a past employee, a recruiter calls you,

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

and it shouldn't take up too much time. Maybe a few minutes a couple of times a week to start. The instructions are really simple. Find a reasonably quiet place.

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself | Dan Harris | TED · TED

close your eyes and begin by envisioning a really easy person. Maybe a good friend, maybe a pet. And then you repeat in your mind four phrases:

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself | Dan Harris | TED · TED

only surfaces one side of ourselves. So maybe the part of me that likes to garden or do yoga will begin to wither away if my spouse, for example,

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

even when the circumstance is ambiguous, like, my friend, maybe they're just, like, hungry or something, rather than that they hate me, right?

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

rather than that they hate me, right? Those people that go straight to "maybe they don't like me," they actually become cold,

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

but we don't talk about social connection enough. Maybe for our UK folks, you all have a prime minister of loneliness. So it's a little bit different, right?

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

and that being the center of all of our connections, right, that’s maybe touching on our intimate loneliness, but not our relational, not our collective, right?

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

You're going to feel uncomfortable, right? Maybe a little distrusting. That's not a sign that you need to stop showing up.

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

where there's not necessarily a difference in values, but maybe a distance, whether that's a physical distance has been created

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

Was that you? Is that maybe you right now? I have something called the Alarm Clock Checklist,

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

It's about you create a space where you leave Management Inc., maybe where you leave the Agile program -- (Laughter)

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

but it's just not true. Maybe you're both cat people, or you both love country music.

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

This one's a little controversial, but maybe you're not watching Sunday Night Football. I know, I know, it's football season.

Let Your Ambition Light You Up — Not Burn You Out | Tarveen Forrester | TED · TED

Or it could be, "Thank you so much for the invite, but I already have plans." Or maybe it's, "Mrs. Manager, this project sounds so exciting,

Let Your Ambition Light You Up — Not Burn You Out | Tarveen Forrester | TED · TED

in order to get the job. Maybe you've done that too. And if you have,

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

changing direction might look like naming how awkward it is to have to talk about this, maybe with a little bit of humor. Or let’s say you get called on in a meeting

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

been there, done that -- maybe you'll try owning it and just admitting that you will recover faster than you think.

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

And what I want to encourage you to do is instead of pull back, maybe take a moment and notice those differences. And not so that it's awkward or weird.

3 Steps to Better Connect With Your Fellow Humans | Amber Cabral | TED · TED

I mentioned we struggle to connect across differences. But think about this: a couple days ago, maybe a month ago, I saw online where Snoop Dogg, yes, the rapper Snoop Dogg,

3 Steps to Better Connect With Your Fellow Humans | Amber Cabral | TED · TED

But I want us to just for a moment consider that maybe allyship isn't grand historical gestures or another big program, or huge financial commitments.

3 Steps to Better Connect With Your Fellow Humans | Amber Cabral | TED · TED

or environmental issues, job creation, maybe we can think about how to reframe those problems as having both things be true.

Got a Meeting? Take a Walk | Nilofer Merchant | TED · TED

Your heart might be pounding, you might be breathing faster, maybe breaking out into a sweat. And normally, we interpret these physical changes as anxiety

How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED · TED

and doing what matters will reset your stress, your life, and maybe the world. Thank you.

Stress Resets, the Ultimate Mental Health Hack | Jenny Taitz | TED · TED

"What do you like to do?" Maybe you like to cook. Maybe you like to write.

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

Maybe you like to cook. Maybe you like to write. Maybe you do some of those things for work.

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

Maybe you like to write. Maybe you do some of those things for work. Or maybe you don't.

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

Maybe you do some of those things for work. Or maybe you don't. But “What do you like to do”

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

possibly very helpful, may likely emerge. Maybe we can just all try this together by joining in a long moment of saying nothing.

Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

can increase those neurotransmitters, or maybe changing the position of the camera. So it's not identical, but I think we are getting closer with the technology.

The secret to living longer may be your social life | Susan Pinker

I'm pretty young, I'm only about 40 years old. I still have maybe another four decades of work left in me. And it's exceedingly likely that anything I write from this point forward