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CharmYou Posted 12 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

How do you pronounce thirteenth?

How do you pronounce thirteenth?

I was taking a practice test for IELTS and that's what I heard.


The transcript says "With the last one on the fourteenth, oh no, on thirteenth."
But the pronunciation of thirteenth and fourteenth is not nearly as intelligible to my non-native ears. the ee in them is not even pronounced.

Is this the normal way you pronounce them?
  

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Hi, It seems that the man in the audio fragment is an Australian. 't ? /.

— Dokterjokkebrok

  • Hi, It seems that the man in the audio fragment is an Australian.
  • 't ?
  • /.
  • He flaps his /t/, which gives it that d-like quality as in US English 'bedder' (better).
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Hi,

It seems that the man in the audio fragment is an Australian.

Rather than the typical UK /?f??'ti?n?/, he pronounces /?f??'t ? i?n?/. He flaps his /t/, which gives it that d-like quality as in US English 'bedder' (better).
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dokterjokkebrokHi,It seems that the man in the audio fragment is an Australian.Rather than the typical UK /?f??'ti?n?/, he pronounces /?f??'t ? i?n?/. He flaps his /t/, which gives it that d-like quality as in US English 'bedder' (better).
Well, you are right. In the beginning, the man did say he's from Australia.
But the problem is, I didn't hear the /i?
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The major English Language tests are tests of English, not American English or British English. To gain a certificate that attests, among other things, that you can understand spoken English, then it's reasonable to assume that you can understand English as spoken by speakers of at least the main standard varieties of North America, Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
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CharmYouThat's really not easy for a non-native speaker to understand.
I agree. The only 'common' English, i.e. understood by non-natives, is the written one. My experience in Australia, USA and England have not been encouraging. Every time and again I've been forced to adjust - with mixed results - my ear when talking to people in the street or in a pub. I ev
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fivejedjonThe major English Language tests are tests of English, not American English or British English. To gain a certificate that attests, among other things, that you can understand spoken English, then it's reasonable to assume that you can understand English as spoken by speakers of at least the main standard varieties of North America, Britain, Ireland, Australia a
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CharmYouThat's really not easy for a non-native speaker to understand.
Sometimes it's not easy for native speakers, either, when they hear "foreign" English accents.

There are a few vowel differences to look for when comparing American and Australian accents. I wish I knew them all so I could list them for you, but one of the most obvious ones is tha
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