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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
British Accent
When Not to pronounce Letter "T" in British English?
Please provide me with an example as well as an explanation.
Thanks
Please provide me with an example as well as an explanation.
Thanks
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I eschew it in 'often'.
- I eschew it in 'often'.
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Once I was told that the t wont be dropped in often in British accent, so it will be pronounced "of'en". And the thing that surprised me was that American accent used the "Often" pronounciation.
Anyway, the underlying question here is the rule to T pronounciation.
For example, is it supposed to be dropped in a word like letter or better?
Or perhaps in little.
I just thought as
Anyway, the underlying question here is the rule to T pronounciation.
For example, is it supposed to be dropped in a word like letter or better?
Or perhaps in little.
I just thought as
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According to John Wells, about 73% of speakers of BrE and 78% of speakers of AmE do not pronounce the letter t in often.
AnonymousFor example, is it supposed to be dropped in a word like letter or better? Or perhaps in little.Careful speakers of BrE pronounce a /t/ in these words, though the glottal stop is becoming more common.
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