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Belly Posted 18 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Are we supposed to prounounce T as D on a word that comes after a vowel and unstressed?
Are we supposed to prounounce T as D on a word that comes after a vowel and unstressed?
So what about Princeton, people pronounce it as PrinceDon or PrinceTon inAmerican English? I heard some do the latter already but haven't found any for the former
So what about Princeton, people pronounce it as PrinceDon or PrinceTon inAmerican English? I heard some do the latter already but haven't found any for the former
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Princeton, that T comes after a vowel, but it's just written, not pronounced. It doesn't come after a vowel sound. It's an S-sound.
- Princeton, that T comes after a vowel, but it's just written, not pronounced.
- It doesn't come after a vowel sound.
- It's an S-sound.
- Prinstun.
- Provided it's pronounced that way...
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Princeton, that T comes after a vowel, but it's just written, not pronounced. It doesn't come after a vowel sound. It's an S-sound. Prinstun. Provided it's pronounced that way... is it? Or is it Princuh-dun? I don't think so, but you never know, lol.
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The e in 'Princeton' is silent, so the word doesn't have a t after a vowel. It is preceded by /s/. Use a neutral, unaspirated T, not D.
In general, a T that connects an unstressed syllable to a stressed one is pronounced as an aspirated T. So the bolded T's below are all pronounced T, not D.
attend, liturgical, utopia, detergent, re
In general, a T that connects an unstressed syllable to a stressed one is pronounced as an aspirated T. So the bolded T's below are all pronounced T, not D.
attend, liturgical, utopia, detergent, re
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