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Pter Posted 17 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Andy said and he said

I know its very common for him, her, them to lose the initial sound and become im, er and em. How about he?

Andy said .....

And he said .....

Do most native speakers pronounce them the same in rapid speech?
  

Top answer

Yes. Did he tell him? = Diddy tellim?

  • Yes.
  • Did he tell him?
  • = Diddy tellim?
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Yes.
Did he tell him? = Diddy tellim?

Emotion: smile
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I agree.

Why don't you record that for us, Kooyeen? Emotion: wink

Or maybe this woud be good to record:

Fuzzy Wuzzy wa
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LOL, maybe tomorrow... now it's late, I would wake someone up. Emotion: stick out tongue
But I don't like my voice, and I can't speak English
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I got this from a friend.

==

FORREST GUMP GOES TO HEAVEN

The day finally arrived. Forrest Gump dies and goes to Heaven. He is at
the Pearly Gates, met by St. Peter himself. However, the gates are closed,
and Forrest approaches the gatekeeper.

St. Peter said, 'Well, Forrest,it is certainly good to see you.
We h
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Exactly, Pter. The joke at the end there is that Forrest has mistaken the words "and He" to be the name "Andy".
Emotion: smile

In c
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Thank you very much, Amy. And glad to hear your voice! How did you embed that into the post? Is it a feature provided by EF? I'd also like to try that.

By the way, what's that "verify answer" for? I can't find instructions on the site.
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Hi Pter

Yes, it's an EF function. I posted instructions in this thread:


At the moment, this function only allows you to make a very short recording, but I am hoping that it will eventually be possible to record something a bit longer.

Looking forward to hearing your first recording.
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I wanted to record it earlier, but I didn't even have a mic. Now I have a mic, but my computer somehow has a problem and can't record anything!

Finally, I found one that works. Here is my first recording. What do you think?
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Hey, where is it? Try again.

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Hi guys,

What fun!

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