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Yanx Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Questions arising from the 9 common mistakes in reduced forms
Hi,
The following link I found is about the 9 most common pronunciation mistakes, but I found a lot poeple speak this way, even some English native speakers also do so, for example, when speaking fast they say "Fur" instead of "for", "R" for "Our", "jist" for "just"...
http://www.greatvoice.com/voice-over-articles/how-to-avoid-the-9-most-common-pronunciation-mistakes.php
Especially the second and the third one , I don't quite understand, as follows:
2. “T” AND “D” ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE
Do you say “qualiDY” instead of “qualiTy”? Or “diTn’t” for “diDn’t”?
3. THE MURDEROUS SWITCHEROO
Substituting AXE for ASK. Think about it: “I will AXE him if he wants to come.” With an invitation like that, he will probably decline.
My question is that the first three groups of words I listed at the very beginning of the post are easy to understand, but aren't they quite common in spoken English (fur, r, and jist), is their pronunciation wrong? Why?
For the highlighted part, that is the second and third one, I can't understand how can people mispronounce the words like quality and ask, moreover, qualidy and axe is not correct, either, isn't axe a kind of tool?
Our teacher once said in class that the second d in didn't should pronounce as the t sound in spoken English , I don't get it. I can't and don't have the awareness to pronounce that way. Can you also explain?
Thank you very much!
Tay
The following link I found is about the 9 most common pronunciation mistakes, but I found a lot poeple speak this way, even some English native speakers also do so, for example, when speaking fast they say "Fur" instead of "for", "R" for "Our", "jist" for "just"...
http://www.greatvoice.com/voice-over-articles/how-to-avoid-the-9-most-common-pronunciation-mistakes.php
Especially the second and the third one , I don't quite understand, as follows:
2. “T” AND “D” ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE
Do you say “qualiDY” instead of “qualiTy”? Or “diTn’t” for “diDn’t”?
3. THE MURDEROUS SWITCHEROO
Substituting AXE for ASK. Think about it: “I will AXE him if he wants to come.” With an invitation like that, he will probably decline.
My question is that the first three groups of words I listed at the very beginning of the post are easy to understand, but aren't they quite common in spoken English (fur, r, and jist), is their pronunciation wrong? Why?
For the highlighted part, that is the second and third one, I can't understand how can people mispronounce the words like quality and ask, moreover, qualidy and axe is not correct, either, isn't axe a kind of tool?
Our teacher once said in class that the second d in didn't should pronounce as the t sound in spoken English , I don't get it. I can't and don't have the awareness to pronounce that way. Can you also explain?
Thank you very much!
Tay
Top answer
For the most part, the differences that you are referring to have to do with dialect. Technically, fur, r, jist, qualidy, ditn't, axe (in place of ask), and similar pronunciations are not "correct" GAE (General American English). However, differences in regional and cultural language make these pronunciations part of various American dialects, so it would not be uncommon to come across native speakers who pronounce words this way.
- For the most part, the differences that you are referring to have to do with dialect.
- Technically, fur, r, jist, qualidy, ditn't, axe (in place of ask), and similar pronunciations are not "correct" GAE (General American English).
- However, differences in regional and cultural language make these pronunciations part of various American dialects, so it would not be uncommon to come across native speakers who pronounce words this way.
- Whether or not you label them as "wrong," depends on your perspective.
- As someone in speech pathology, I would not term them as wrong, but rather as part of a dialect or accent (in most cases).
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For the most part, the differences that you are referring to have to do with dialect. Technically, fur, r, jist, qualidy, ditn't, axe (in place of ask), and similar pronunciations are not "correct" GAE (General American English). However, differences in regional and cultural language make these pronunciations part of various American dialects, so it would not be uncommon to come across nati
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sboltonFor the most part, the differences that you are referring to have to do with dialect. Technically, fur, r, jist, qualidy, ditn't, axe (in place of ask), and similar pronunciations are not "correct" GAE (General American English). However, differences in regional and cultural language make these pronunciations part of various American dialects, so it would not be un
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