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Nikola Radulovic Posted 13 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

half-past

I am taking my phonology exam tomorrow.I can not understand one thing.Why is “half-past” pronounced as / ha:-past/ ? Why is / f / omitted?
  

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I believe the dialect you are studying just does that, there may not be a reason. We pronounce the "f" in AmE.

— Vorpar

  • I believe the dialect you are studying just does that, there may not be a reason.
  • We pronounce the "f" in AmE.
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I believe the dialect you are studying just does that, there may not be a reason. We pronounce the "f" in AmE.
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This is hugely interesting. What dialect could it be?
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I find I sometimes omit it when speaking very fast.

Clive
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