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Johnleo Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

How to pronounce "It was ....."

0When there is a /l/,/m/,/n/,/s/ following the consonant /t/, /t/ will not be pronouced, is that right?02br
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00How about a /w/?02br
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00e.g.: It was three months since ....02br
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00is it /i w/as or /i tw/as? I mean, how to pronounce them?02br
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00network: is it /ne work/ or /net work/?02br
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00Thanks0-
  

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0 Hi Johnleo,02br 00I guess you are learning American English, aren't you? I think the t in network is a glottal stop, like in "not". You move your tongue as if you were going to pronounce the t, but when the tongue is in the right position and ready for a t you don't pronounce it.

— Kooyeen

  • 0 Hi Johnleo,02br 00I guess you are learning American English, aren't you?
  • I think the t in network is a glottal stop, like in "not".
  • You move your tongue as if you were going to pronounce the t, but when the tongue is in the right position and ready for a t you don't pronounce it.
  • It's difficult to explain, maybe someone else can explain that better.
  • 02br 02br 00When there's a t+l the t is tapped, that is, it becomes a slight d.
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0 Hi Johnleo,02br
00I guess you are learning American English, aren't you? In American English...02br
00...I think the t in network is a glottal stop, like in "not". You move your tongue as if you were going to pronounce the t, but when the tongue is in the right position and ready for a t you don't pronounce it. It's difficult to explain, maybe someone else can explain t
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0 When speaking very rapidly however, it seems like the "t" disappears completely: It was a -> Ih was a, with no pause or glottal stop.0-
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01cite10Marvin A.12cite10When speaking very rapidly however, it seems like the "t" disappears completely: It was a -> Ih was a, with no pause or glottal stop.12br
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10Yeah, I didn't think of that... when speaking too fast, there's a lot of stuff that seems to disappear! LOL0-
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