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Kooyeen Posted 20 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
jump tout / jump dout --- T or D?
Hi 
, this post is about ED in past tenses in which it is pronounced T. So the question is, when ED follows an unvoiced sound, is italways pronounced like a T? Look at this:
, this post is about ED in past tenses in which it is pronounced T. So the question is, when ED follows an unvoiced sound, is italways pronounced like a T? Look at this:- I jumped. -------- I jumpt (ok, everybody knows)
- I jumped out. ---- I jump tout / I jump dout (uh-oh! and now? is it a t or a d?)
- I watched it. ----- I watch tit / I watch dit
- They are pronounced one by one. --- pronounce t-one / pronounce d-one
as you see, I don't know hot to pronounce that t when it is followed by a vowel sound... other examples:
I hope you understand my question, thank you in advance.
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For American pronunciation you would be safer to pronounce it as a light D in those cases unless you can say the T with absolutely no aspiration. The T is unaspirated there so the T/D distinction is somewhat neutralized. In the speech of some people the T is what we seem to hear; in the speech of others the D is what we seem to hear.
- For American pronunciation you would be safer to pronounce it as a light D in those cases unless you can say the T with absolutely no aspiration.
- The T is unaspirated there so the T/D distinction is somewhat neutralized.
- In the speech of some people the T is what we seem to hear; in the speech of others the D is what we seem to hear.
- This effect is what sometimes causes us to hear estimate as esdomate or appendectomy as appendecdomy or corruptible as corrupdubble or mischief as misjiff .
- CJ
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For American pronunciation you would be safer to pronounce it as a light D in those cases unless you can say the T with absolutely no aspiration. The T is unaspirated there so the T/D distinction is somewhat neutralized. In the speech of some people the T is what we seem to hear; in the speech of others the D is what we seem to hear.
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