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Tesdff Posted 12 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

movie and subtitle

Hi, everyone, I have been studying the pronunciation of native speakers through the movies of America so long, but it really makes me upset.
For example, in this recording( https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzBab3xdL_xFM2Q5bjBaUXFrOXc/view?usp=sharing ), I think I heard "you no waste time , hey", but the subtitle tells me it's "You don't waste time, do you?", all subtitles that from youtube and many sites told me this. What happened?
The movie is here :
  

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Hello, tesdff—and welcome to English Forums. Do you expect us to listen to an hour-and-a-half movie? At what point does the confusing phrase occur?

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Hello, tesdff—and welcome to English Forums.

Do you expect us to listen to an hour-and-a-half movie? At what point does the confusing phrase occur?
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Oh no, I never expected that. In my question, I had provided the recording of the important part, here is it:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzBab3xdL_xFM2Q5bjBaUXFrOXc/view?usp=sharing

it's only 7s.
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And it's in the beginning of the movie ( more accurately, 0:45)
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This is what they say:

Hey, buddy! You don't waste time, do you?
I try not to.

'You' is almost elided and the 'd' sound is softened.
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