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Kooyeen Posted 17 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Doctor
The /k/ in doctor is usually not released. Maybe it's never released, I'm not sure.
The problem is, I'm not even sure there has to be a /k/ there.
I don't release it at all, so it's like there's no /k/ at all, but there's still something.
If I say dot-ter (first t not released), it sounds a bit wrong, somehow, but I might be fooling myself, because it sounds so similar that it might be exactly the same, expecially if you use a strong glottal stop: dot?-ter
If I say dok-ter (k not released), it sounds alright of course.
If I say do?-ter (? is a pure glottal stop), it sounds good to me too.
What kind of sound is actually there?
The problem is, I'm not even sure there has to be a /k/ there.
I don't release it at all, so it's like there's no /k/ at all, but there's still something.
If I say dot-ter (first t not released), it sounds a bit wrong, somehow, but I might be fooling myself, because it sounds so similar that it might be exactly the same, expecially if you use a strong glottal stop: dot?-ter
If I say dok-ter (k not released), it sounds alright of course.
If I say do?-ter (? is a pure glottal stop), it sounds good to me too.
What kind of sound is actually there?
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Kooyeen What kind of sound is actually there? When I say it, it's an unreleased /k/. I do unreleased /k/ and /p/ before syllables that start with /t/.
- Kooyeen What kind of sound is actually there?
- When I say it, it's an unreleased /k/.
- I do unreleased /k/ and /p/ before syllables that start with /t/.
- Not the glottal stop.
- raptor, doctor, tractor, aptitude, lepidoptera, sector, helicopter, practice CJ
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KooyeenWhat kind of sound is actually there?When I say it, it's an unreleased /k/. I do unreleased /k/ and /p/ before syllables that start with /t/. Not the glottal stop.
raptor, doctor, tractor, aptitude, lepidoptera, sector, helicopter, practice
CJ
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I see, thanks. What I was wondering was... If that /k/ is unreleased and completely silent, how do native speakers learn that there is a /k/ there? (Yes, insane question, but that's normal for me, lol)
If you can't hear something, you can't copy it. That's the point. If I had to take a guess, I would say that "doctor" is perceived as do?-ter, where ? is a glottal stop. Then, holding th
If you can't hear something, you can't copy it. That's the point. If I had to take a guess, I would say that "doctor" is perceived as do?-ter, where ? is a glottal stop. Then, holding th
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KooyeenThen, holding the glottal stop while rising the tongue to make the /t/ causes the tongue to be in the same position as if it was going to make a /k/No. The tongue is farther back for /k/.
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