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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Minds pronounced just as /mainz/ when reading quickly?
Context:
These new ideas are penetrating into the minds of the younger generation.
These new ideas are penetrating into the minds of the younger generation.
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Yes, I don't think I would pronounce the D in minds enough to hear it.
- Yes, I don't think I would pronounce the D in minds enough to hear it.
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Yes, I don't think I would pronounce the D in minds enough to hear it. 
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And friends /frens/?
Context:
No thank you. We don't want any more visitors...
How about very old friends?
Context:
No thank you. We don't want any more visitors...
How about very old friends?
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I'd call it more of a Z sound on the end. I seem to have a slight, almost imperceptible D in there when I say it, but it is much closer to fr?nz than fr?ndz.
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NL888mindsRight. The transition from /n/ to /s/ or /z/ picks up a "sycophant" plosive /t/ or /d/ between the two, so it's often impossible in fast speech to say whether that plosive was part of the original word or not. It's usually obvious if the word is used in a sentence, however.
prints ~ prince [pr?n(t)s]
minds ~ mines [ma?n(d)z]
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