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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Is "at the time" just pronouced as /æ ðə taim/?
Is "at the time" just pronounced as /æ ð? taim/?
Or should it be pronounced as /æt ð? taim/?
Context:
Still other believers see the language of Genesis 1 and 2 as
intended to instruct readers of Moses' time about God's charac-
ter, and not to attempt to teach scientific facts about the specifics
of creation that would have been utterly confusing at the time.
Or should it be pronounced as /æt ð? taim/?
Context:
Still other believers see the language of Genesis 1 and 2 as
intended to instruct readers of Moses' time about God's charac-
ter, and not to attempt to teach scientific facts about the specifics
of creation that would have been utterly confusing at the time.
Top answer
NL888 Is "at the time" just pronounced as /æ ð? taim/? That sounds sloppy to me.
- NL888 Is "at the time" just pronounced as /æ ð?
- taim/?
- That sounds sloppy to me.
- NL888 Or should it be pronounced as /æt ð?
- taim/?
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NL888Is "at the time" just pronounced as /æ ð? taim/?That sounds sloppy to me.
NL888Or should it be pronounced as /æt ð? taim/?Yes or with a 'dh/ at least.
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NL888Or should it be pronounced as /æt ð? taim/?Like this, yes. But be aware that the final t in "at" is unreleased, so all you hear is a kind of extremely brief silence, not a fully aspirated t. This is not the same as not pronouncing the t at all, as shown in your other version.
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