Pronunciation and linking

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In the following sentence "I was thinking, do we link the "s" and the "t"..like..I wathinking, or I was thinking, like fully pronouncing every word?" Other sentence, "That person, is my neighbor, "that" and "person" do we link them like..thaa'person---by the single quote I mean a stop."

Last thing "can I speak with some one else" do you link "with" and "some" like..withome, combining "th" and "s?"

And in general, do you link two consonants?

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

Hi Merciful Fate;

Only a robot or someone concentrating on articulating individual words will not blend words in the course of speaking. Everyone's pronunciation will be different, and some groups have very recognizable accents and speech patterns. Why don't you listen to audio or video clips to get an idea of typical speech?

Mercyful_fate · Answer

Thank you. And I have tried that, but I have heard it in many different ways, and I don't know which one is more acceptable, specifically in standard AmE English.

Mercyful_fate · Answer

Also I'm not quite sure if I hear them correctly, because they speak so fast, And I can't guarantee what I listened.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Mercyful_fateThank you. And I have tried that, but I have heard it in many different ways, and I don't know which one is more acceptable, specifically in standard AmE English.

Well, listen to American news broadcasters. There are many American regional accents, and the news people with their broad, nondescript, and neutral midwestern speech patterns probably would get a majority vote. There is no "official standard."

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Mercyful_fateAlso I'm not quite sure if I hear them correctly, because they speak so fast, And I can't guarantee what I listened.

Well, if the person in the clip is speaking too fast, pick another clip. Some clips have subtitles.

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