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Eipjoo Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Difference between 't' and 'ts' sound
Given the example:
It’s the color of the shirt he was wearing when he was abducted on his way to do some Christmas shopping exactly nine years ago today.
http://blog.daum.net/radiodramas/420
When I hear ‘t’ sound at the end of a word like ‘shirt,’ I can’t tell what’s the difference from the sound, ‘ts.’ In the example, ‘t’ of shirt is more similar than the ‘t’s of exactly and today. Would you give me some tips to differentiate the ‘t’ and ‘ts’?
It’s the color of the shirt he was wearing when he was abducted on his way to do some Christmas shopping exactly nine years ago today.
http://blog.daum.net/radiodramas/420
When I hear ‘t’ sound at the end of a word like ‘shirt,’ I can’t tell what’s the difference from the sound, ‘ts.’ In the example, ‘t’ of shirt is more similar than the ‘t’s of exactly and today. Would you give me some tips to differentiate the ‘t’ and ‘ts’?
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The only difference I notice is that the "t" is de-emphasized and the "s" is emphasized when the word ends in "ts" rather than ending in "t" alone. The "t" itself does not have a different sound, but is muted slightly because the ending "s" is stronger and it results in a blended sound when speaking. S.
- The only difference I notice is that the "t" is de-emphasized and the "s" is emphasized when the word ends in "ts" rather than ending in "t" alone.
- The "t" itself does not have a different sound, but is muted slightly because the ending "s" is stronger and it results in a blended sound when speaking.
- S.
- this typically creates the same sound as words ending in "-ce", though I'm not sure if that is correct.
- To illustrate my point, the words "patience" and "patients" generally are pronounced the same, as well as "presence" and "presents" though these have entirely different meanings.
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The only difference I notice is that the "t" is de-emphasized and the "s" is emphasized when the word ends in "ts" rather than ending in "t" alone. The "t" itself does not have a different sound, but is muted slightly because the ending "s" is stronger and it results in a blended sound when speaking. In the U.S. this typically creates the same sound as words ending in "-ce", though I'm not sure
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