How do Americans pronounce this word?

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Me?-- / 'aud?(v) / and / 'gadim /
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Thanks a lot



I love the American accent

I do, too.

I think I say something more similar to this:

/æ???v/

/g???m/

...where /?/ is that kind of D you hear Americans use instead of T.

Thanks a lot

But actually guys I don't hear the D (instead of T) !
When I listen to movies for example , I hear R instead of T !

I mean something like this :

/ 'aur?(v) / and / 'garim /

Maybe My Mind Playing Tricks on Me

I can't imagine an American speaker using an R-sound in either of those.

Grammar GeekI can't imagine an American speaker using an R-sound in either of those.

But that's what it is. Ask any phonetician. The Spanish r and the American intervocalic t are almost identical. It's just that they're used to thinking of that sound as an r because they say it when they see "r", and we're used to thinking of it as a

I'm hopeless in pronouncing Spanish. I can't say "Villejo" at all.

Good thing I took French instead, back in another century.

Grammar GeekI took French instead

Aha! Well, the kind of rsome of the posters above were talking about doesn't occur in French, so it wouldn't have come up in your French class!

And just a hint - if you're ever near me while I try to roll my R's, have a handerchief handy. I'm hopeless.