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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Exercise number fife, number twelfe
0 Hi, 02 br
00 the author of my book on accent reduction often say "fife" instead of "five", or "twelfe" instead of "twelve". 02 br
02 br
00 5 - five - /faif/ 02 br
00 12 - twelve - /twɛlf/ 02 br
00 ... 02 br
02 br
00 I think I've heard that on some other occasions, is it common to devoice some consonants that way? I never do that... 02 br
00 Thanks 05 0 010id 1
00 the author of my book on accent reduction often say "fife" instead of "five", or "twelfe" instead of "twelve". 02 br
02 br
00 5 - five - /faif/ 02 br
00 12 - twelve - /twɛlf/ 02 br
00 ... 02 br
02 br
00 I think I've heard that on some other occasions, is it common to devoice some consonants that way? I never do that... 02 br
00 Thanks 05 0 010id 1
Top answer
12 blockquote 10 Absolutely not! 12 blockquote 10 Good for you! 02 br 02 br 00 CJ 0-
- 12 blockquote 10 Absolutely not!
- 12 blockquote 10 Good for you!
- 02 br 02 br 00 CJ 0-
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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
00 is it common to devoice some consonants that way? 12 blockquote10 Absolutely not! 01 blockquote
00 I never do that... 12 blockquote10 Good for you! Don't start now! 02 br
02 br
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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