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Why does "pontoon" sound so uncommon or foreign? [closed]
Yes, I know "cartoon" sounds like normal English.
But why does "pontoon", which rhymes with it, sound somewhat odd?: Somehow the accent on which syllable combined with choice of ...
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/z/ + /ð/ = /zdð/?
I was wondering what exactly happens when the common English speaker* pronounces /z/ and /ð/ right after, for example , the word - combo "is this ...".
Honestly, for me it's almost impossible to ...
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Is the pronunciation of 'th' as in think 'f' specific to a native speaker's variety of English?
I'm asking this because I heard two people say fink* instead of think & bof* instead of both: a non native university teacher of English and a native speaker of English. If it's not a speech ...
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Palatalization of the initial "s" in words starting with "str-"
Sometimes I hear native speakers pronounce the s at the beginning of a word as [ʃ]. For example, straight as [ʃtreɪt], or struggle as [ʃtrʌɡl]. It sounds like German words.
Is it a certain English ...
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T-glottalization in West Country accents -- is it a south-eastern influence?
English speakers from the West Country seem to glottalize their tees just like Estuary English speakers do. I can't find a word about T-glottalization in the West Country accents on the internet. I'm ...
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