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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
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00It always seems to me that people pronounce "attention" as "uh-ten-chun" /ətɛntʃən/ instead of "uh-ten-shun" /ətɛnʃən/.02br
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) on my screen. I guess I don't have the right software to pick up those symbols. 02br 02br 00 What you're hearing is sycophantic "t" between "n" and "sh".

— CalifJim

  • ) on my screen.
  • I guess I don't have the right software to pick up those symbols.
  • 02br 02br 00 What you're hearing is sycophantic "t" between "n" and "sh".
  • 02br 02br 00 But what is the "ch" sound?
  • 02br 02br 00 CJ0-
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0 Most of the symbols you have placed between / / are seen as question marks (???) on my screen. I guess I don't have the right software to pick up those symbols. Nevertheless, I can tell what you're talking about from the other representations you provide.02br
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00 What you're hearing is sycophantic "t" between "n" and "sh". This is the same as the sycophantic "t"
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0 Ah, yeah, that makes sense...02br
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00Thank you 050010id1
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1font01b00yea i pronun it as ..."uh-ten-shun" 02b02font02br
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01font01b00thank u my bro 05002b02font010id1
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0Unless you're in the military, where it's said "ten-HUT!" 050010id1
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