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I have a question for American Italkers.
Do you drop the "h" sound as in "him" or "her" when it follows the vowel sound? Here are some examples:
1. see him/her
2. saw him/her
3. throw him/her
4. pay him/her
Thank you very much for your help.
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How do you pronounce "develop"?
I have a link to Cambridge dictionary as below,
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/develop
I believe the UK and US versions don't sound the same. It seems to me that the /ɛ/ sound in the American accent can move towards /ɛə/ or even
/æ/ in front of l or r. So it sounds like de-vair-lop. Is this the case?
Thank you very much.
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How do Americans pronounce the short O / AH sound?
Hi guys,
I think I hear 2 versions of the same ah sound.
1. https://youtu.be/DEJGBC4xZzI?t=125
Lips are a bit round.
2. https://youtu.be/ok6yf9SBTYk?t=129
Lips are flat.
Which one is more common?
Thanks so much.
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Do you know which phonics book teaches how to read/pronounce prefixes and suffixes? I'm a bit confused about how these are transcribed by online dictionaries. So I'd like to know how native speakers learn.
Your help will be highly appreciated.
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How to pronounce the -ed endings in American English?
I came across some books/resources saying that the -ed endings can be pronounced /əd/ after /t/ and /d/. I have 3 samples of the word "excited" as below,
1. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/excited?q=excited
2. https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/excited
3. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excited
However, all of them don't sound like the schwa (uh) vowel to me. So I have some questions as below,
1. Can you listen to all 3 and tell me which sound you hear?
2. How do you pronounce the -ed endings?
/əd/, /ɪd/ as in “bid” or even /ɛd/ as in “bed.”
I really appreciate your help.
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How to pronounce these ex letters?
Hi guys,
I'd like to ask native speakers here. I have a list of 10 words with the ex letters. Do you pronounce them the same way?
Please avoid using a dictionary but you can use the IPA to explain more.
1. exam
2. exclude
3. excuse
4. exert
5. exhibit
6. experience
7. explain
8. extend
9. extra
10. extreme
I really appreciate your help.
Ps.
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Can American Italkers help me rate this recording?
It's the recording of my 11-year-old daughter. We have been experimenting with a new kind of prosody. It's the answer for the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Uyh7X6T0tCiGszEuz9N7NBPNUhWoZvss/view?usp=sharing
It only takes you less than 30 seconds to listen. My questions are as below:
1. From scale 1-10 (1=robotic / 10=natural), how natural is the prosody?
2. What are things she should improve?
I really appreciate your time and thank you very much for your help.
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Do Americans use circumflex intonation?
Hi guys,
The link below shows how a British speaker uses this kind of intonation/inflection.
https://youtu.be/zP0GCX0vzuI?t=251
So I would like to ask American Italkers if you use it and how.
Thanks a lot for your comment.
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Sentence Stress in British English
Hi guys,
According to the link below, some people will stress the first and last important [content] words in fast speech.
<a href="https://thesoundofenglish.org/sentence-stress/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thesoundofenglish.org/sentence-stress/</a>
For example:
Fast Speech -> “I was thinking of buying a new car.”
Slow Speech -> “I was thinking of buying a new car.”
How true is that? Which position will get the most stress?
Thank you very much for your comment.
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How common is glottal k?
<ul><li>How common is glottal k?</li></ul>
<ul><li>Are there other forms of glottalization, especially at the word-final position?</li></ul>
Hi guys,
The other day I overheard a conversation between 2 British English speakers. My impression was that some final consonants seemed to disappear or turned to glottal stop when they spoke fast. For example, come back sounds like come baʔ, it doesn't sound like the unaspirated k.
So here are my questions,
Thank you very much for your help.
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