Questions tagged [fast-speech-rules]
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Is the /jʊɹ/ phoneme being streamlined to /jɚ/ in General American?
The following words have the UR and URE graphemes representing the /jʊɹ/ phoneme.
uranium
security
curious
Europe
fury
mural
cure/pure/demure
failure
tenure
figure
But for many of the above words, ...
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American pronunciations of "practice" [duplicate]
American Pronunciations of "practice"
Oxford advanced American English: /ˈpræktəs/ https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/practice_2
Oxford advanced ...
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Is hilarious pronounced /hɪˈlɛriəs/?
For the word hilarious, the pronunciation transcription in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary is /hɪˈlɛriəs/ but if I click on the speaker icon, I hear /həˈlɛriəs/. Am I listening to it wrong or ...
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A or an hexadecimal number? [duplicate]
From what I know, in English, the rule is that before a word starting with h, we use the article "a". So I would imagine that the correct way is:
"a hexadecimal number"
Searching ...
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How do you pronounce "figure it out" quickly? [closed]
It it pronounced "figurtitout" or "figurtout"? which one is more natural/correct? I always try to go for the first but I find it harder to pronounce than the second one (Cuz I hate ...
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Is there a term for when people speak words with sounds connected together?
For example, "I must take control like Kevin" can be said like "I mus-tay-control-I-Kevin" in some dialects because it flows significantly more easily than if you enunciate every ...
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Pronunciation of "es" at the end of the words [duplicate]
Is there a some of kind of rule affecting the pronunciation of "es" coming at the end of a word? In some words I hear "-es" as "ɪz" and in some others I hear it as a &...
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Is there a difference between the pronunciation of long-ass and long gas?
I know that final -⟨ng⟩ is pronounced /ŋ/ (in most dialects), but I'm wondering what happens when the intensifier "ass" comes after the /ŋ/ sound of "long". Does the pronunciation ...
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How to pronounce "TH" quickly?
I know that how we should pronounce "TH" but sometimes when natives speaking fast, I think "TH" second sound pronounced like "d" than "ð".
I'll be glad if you ...
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When does "t-y" become a "ch" and "d-y" does a "dj"? [duplicate]
'That you' becomes 'Thach you'
'Did you' becomes 'Dij you' (or something near this)
But body, responsibility doesn't. When that happens?
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How many allophones possible of phoneme /ə/ are there in American English? [closed]
I am an ESL student. I want to speak American English fluently.
Due to influence of my local dialect in my country, I only discover that there is [ə ɐ ɪə ɑ] doubtably according to my ear, and native ...
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Pronunciation of "I" vowel name in fast speech
I'm not a native english speaker.
I was wondering what is the right way to pronunce the "I" (/aɪ/) vowel name in fast speech.
Perhaps i'm confused, but sometimes i hear /a/. Like in the ...
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Do "cook the" and "cooked the" get pronounced differently?
How are they different in pronunciation?
In other words, how can one recognise the difference purely by sound?
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Is “not’ve” a valid [𝒔𝒊𝒄] contraction in either of spoken English or written English – or both or neither?
My English teacher has recently explained to me that not’ve is an accepted way to write the two spoken words not have, and he gave me this example of using it:
Why that machine is not working? Oh, ...
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does sound th as d makes any difference in fast speech?
I know the 2 kinds of th sound, the question is does pronouncing, for instance, "that" as "dat" makes any difference to real th sound? I know pronouncing it in slow speech or out ...
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What is the trend in pronouncing the word "strength"? [closed]
Over the years, I have heard 3 different ways to pronounce the word strength:
stre(ng)kth /stɹɛŋkθ/
strenth /st̠͡ɹ̠ɛn̪θ/
shtrength /ʃtɹɛŋθ/
I definitely pronounce it with option 3 (shtrength /ʃtɹɛŋθ/...
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Silent /t/ usage on short words? [duplicate]
The censorship on Stackoverflow will kill the platform and it's elitist snakes will be haunted.
Consider following words,
Its
At
That
What
I often hear them as,
I/?/s
Aa
Tha/?/
Wha/?/
I'm ...
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Is “an historical” correct? [duplicate]
Why do some people say or write an historical but not an ham sandwich or an hint?
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Why is chocolate pronounced as CHOK-LATE and not CHO-KO-LATE? [closed]
So there are many words in which one syllable gets reduced.
For example, chocolate could be pronounced as CHO-KO-LATE but instead it's pronounced as CHOK-LATE, it's now 2 syllable word.
Another ...
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Is there a reduction when you say "is there "or "is this"?
I feel like native english speakers drop the voiced th sound in fast speech when they say "is there.... ?" and "is this...?". Can you tell me if I'm right or wrong . Thanks for your attention. I’m ...
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Will you grab - we'you grab [closed]
I was watching a film with subtitles, and the phrase:
"Will you grab her blanket?" sounded like "We'you graber blanket". I'm Ok with "graber", but can we drop "l"-sound in "will you"?
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Is there normally a lexicalized loss of phonemic /d/ in the coda of "depends"?
According to a blog article by Steven Norman under the title “My 100 most mispronounced words in English”, the word depends should be /dɪˈpenz/ when “correctly” pronounced.
Notice he provides for no ...
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How often does assimilation take place?
I have a doubt question. Whenever native speakers speak, do they always assimilate?
For example, for She has used you, might we hear any of these?
ʃihæʒuːzdju
ʃihæʒuːʒu
ʃihæʒuːʤu
ʃihæzjuːzdju
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You becoming 'CHU' and 'JU'
I know for over a fact that the word "YOU" when the word before its a T or a 'D' sound it can change to a CH sound or a J sound, but I've ALWAYS wonder why does that happen?
So, I want you= aɪ wɑnt ...
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"Extra W" sound in words
I've wonder that in some sentences, or words, even though phonetically you don't have a 'W' sound, you can still hear some type of extra w' sound. So for example.
The phrase: "Do it". /du ɪt/ will ...
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Pronouncing the final "‑ing" inflection as [əŋ] instead of as [ɪŋ]
I’m asking about American English, but feel free to answer about other dialects.
The ‑ing verbal inflection ending is, in the abstract, a phonemic /ɪŋ/. Those phonemes usually get realized ...
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About odd pronunciations of "Saturday"
Have you ever heard someone pronounce Saturday as "Sara-day" or maybe "Sair-day"?
I’ve an in-law who does this. His parents were New Englanders, but by the time he was born, they lived in New Jersey ...
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Pronunciation of "of" in connected speech: Can /v/ ever be pronounced as /f/ in some cases?
I know that the /v/ sound at the of the word have is sometimes
pronounced as /f/ in the phrase have to, which becomes /ˈhæftə/.
Is there a similar thing where the /v/ sound at end of the word of ...
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strange pronunciation of /t/ before the word "the"
This has been bothering me for a long time. I know there is “stop t”, as we find in the word:
wait
But I’m still not sure about the /t/ before the word the in these phrases:
lift the cat
trust the ...
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Blending Two Individual Words Together That Share the Same Consonant Cluster
I've noticed that this phenomenon is common in fast speech. I have searched and searched on the internet for the official name for this, but I cannot seem to find it. Here are some examples:
With ...
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Is there a term for when the "d'" is dropped in a "not" contraction?
Actors Josh Radnor and Michael Weston pronounce shouldn't like "shunt" or wouldn't like "wunt". Is there a proper linguistic term for this pattern of pronunciation?
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Can the /t/ and /v/ sounds be dropped in "what," "that" and "of"? [closed]
Is it ok to drop the 't' sound in these example:
wha that (what that)
tha the (that the)
& the 'v' (like in the the word 'of') sound
matter o fact (mater of fact)
of course, to a native ...
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Past tense: "happen to have" or "happened to have"?
Which is the proper (i.e. grammatically correct) response?
Alice: "The earth is flat, and the sky is green."
Bob: "The earth is round, and the sky is blue."
Alice: "...
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Does a word that starts with a vowel letter start with a vowel sound?
I'm currently learning about consonant to vowel linking, and I'm wondering if it's safe to assume that most words (if not all?) that start with a vowel letter (a, e, i, o, u) will also start with a ...
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TV presenters unable to pronounce "x" [duplicate]
I'm bemused by the inability of TV presenters to pronounce the letter "x" as in "six", introducing a "k" in its place (so six is pronounced as "sick", sixth as "sickth"). The same also tend to omit ...
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Do you take a break between words, when pronouncing?
This question is all on the title.
English is written in the way that each word is separate.
Then how about pronunciation?
Does a break appear, separating words while you pronounce?
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listening and pronunciation of contractions, 'd
I can't exactly hear the sound of 'd in cassettes, like:
She'd make it.
She'd be with them very soon.
I tried to listen them in youtube. I found I could hear it when some native english ...
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the weak form of 'on'
I am confused at whether or not there is a weak form at preposition's 'ON'.
I've checked at some dictionaries at Cambridge and Oxford dictionary, they don't mention on the weak form's pronunciation.
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Why does "Baby Daddy" TV series have a very difficult accent?
I can hardly understand Baby Daddy TV series season 2, so I downloaded the script. Now, I can recognize words and sentences because I read along as I listen. But I still find it a very fast accent. I ...
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Not fully pronounced oʊ (ō) sound in some words
Words like so, no, vocabulary, and don’t all contain the long o sound inside them. But I regularly hear native English speakers pronouncing the [oʊ] sound in these words (and some others containing ...
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Fast speech and palatalization T+D
when the phrase "I understand you" is pronounced, does the palatalization happen in fast/connected speech? In other words, does the D+Y sounds more like a J sound as in Joke).
Here's the way I ...
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The elision of alveolar plosives
when the phrase "Can't complain" is pronounced [ˈkænt kəmˈpleɪn] I think that the T is dropped in fast speech because of the alveolar plosives. Right? I read that when T comes before these letters: / ...
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Is it true that only unstressed words in a sentence, which have H at the beginning of the words, will be dropped in American English?
Is it true that only unstressed words in a sentence, which have H at the beginning of the words, will be dropped in American English?
Off course, these H words will not be the beginning of the ...
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Pronunciation of "with"
For me it's quite hard to pronounce with correctly, especially when I try to speak faster. For example, saying with sauce nearly breaks my tongue.
Do you have any advice for me? Can I reduce the with ...
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