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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

How do you pronounce "not yet"?

Would you say " not yet" or "notchyet" ?
  

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Anonymous Would you say " not yet" or "notchyet" ? Personally, I say both Ts unreleased, practically a glottal stop, so I don't get the "ch" sound in there. I vaguely recall hearing some people say it the other way, however.

  • Anonymous Would you say " not yet" or "notchyet" ?
  • Personally, I say both Ts unreleased, practically a glottal stop, so I don't get the "ch" sound in there.
  • I vaguely recall hearing some people say it the other way, however.
  • (American pronunciation) CJ
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Anonymous Would you say " not yet" or "notchyet" ?
Personally, I say both Ts unreleased, practically a glottal stop, so I don't get the "ch" sound in there. I vaguely recall hearing some people say it the other way, however. (American pronunciation)

CJ
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Do you know if the second one is acceptable in British English?
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That depends on your accent.

In British English, there are two main possibilities: both the T and the Y are pronounced entirely and correctly (i.e., [n?tj?t], not-YET); or the Y is coalesced with the previous T, meaning a sound similar to CH appears (i.e., [n???t] not-CHET). Generally, the first one would be mostly used in formal contexts. As for the second one, the process involved is ca
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That's quite interesting- so would words like "produce", "not yet", "tuesday" not be pronounced projuce, notchyet, chewsday respectively in RP (or another accent from the south east of England)?
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Anonymous so would words like "produce", "not yet", "tuesday" not be pronounced projuce, notchyet, chewsday respectively in RP
They are not pronounced that way in RP, but are pronounced that way in many dialects of BrE, especially in informal conversation.
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AnonymousThat's quite interesting- so would words like "produce", "not yet", "tuesday" not be pronounced projuce, notchyet, chewsday respectively in RP (or another accent from the south east of England)?
I don't know to what extent yod-coalescence occurs in Received Pronunciation. It is possible that it may happen particularly amongst younger speakers a
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For me I say
Anonymous Would you say " not yet" or "notchyet" ?
I rather say notchyet

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