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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Exercise number fife, number twelfe

0 Hi,02br
00the author of my book on accent reduction often say "fife" instead of "five", or "twelfe" instead of "twelve".02br
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005 - five - /faif/02br
0012 - twelve - /twɛlf/02br
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00I think I've heard that on some other occasions, is it common to devoice some consonants that way? I never do that...02br
00Thanks 050010id1
  

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12blockquote 10Absolutely not! 12blockquote 10Good for you! 02br 02br 00 CJ0-

  • 12blockquote 10Absolutely not!
  • 12blockquote 10Good for you!
  • 02br 02br 00 CJ0-
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00is it common to devoice some consonants that way?12blockquote
10Absolutely not! 01blockquote
00I never do that...12blockquote
10Good for you! Don't start now!02br
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00 It sounds like it might be a Scandinavian accent, but under the circumstances, could it just be a bad recor
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0 Is it possible that it was not recorded by a native speaker? If it was, then they could be speaking a dialect that is significantly influenced by German, such as that found in certain areas of Wisconsin. 0-

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