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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Is there anything wrong with my pronounication of these 2 sentences ?

Hi everyone,

I grew up in Canada, but I always had pronunciation issues (in my first language- not English) and also English - not sure if due to trouble listening when I was little.

I have these 2 sentences, where I want to see if you think they are pronounced correctly or not?

1. "Don't think about it."
Here I seem to link "about it" and pronounce "it" as "dit" rather than "tit". Is this normal?

2. "How 'bout you?"
Here I seem to link "bout you" and pronounce "bout you" as "bou d'you" instead of "bou cho". Is this normal?

Here is the audio.
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/vt2p4oimuilzyb9/New_Recording_35.m4a

Thanks guys!
  

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Hi I posted as anonymous before. But I've registered now. Also, is this pronounced properly?

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Hi I posted as anonymous before. But I've registered now.

Also, is this pronounced properly?

3. "Again? Weren't you just complaining that it's too expensive to eat out? Not when you're hungry" -
I seem to pronounce "weren't you" as "weren d'you" and "you're" as "d'you're" by instinct...

Does it seem odd to anyone? :/

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Linking words in speech is normal, and many speakers, particularly North American speakers, tend to pronounce Ts as Ds in the middle of a word, or in the middle of a pair of words run together.
What does stand out to me is that the T is missing from Don't.
The rhythm seems off to me.
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