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Pousu Posted 15 years ago
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Some questions on American English pronounciation
1) Can native speakers distinguish between the 'unvoiced' and 'voiced' 'th' sounds? Does it sound weird if "th" in "three" is voiced?
2) How do you pronounce -rate or -late in the vocabularies ending with these?
For example, accurate = aeh-kyu-rit? or ae-kyu-ret? chocholate=cho-kohl-let? or cho-kohl-lit?
3) I heard that I can drop the 't' sound in words like international(inernational) or accurately(aeh-kyu-rul-ly), . Am I right?
2) How do you pronounce -rate or -late in the vocabularies ending with these?
For example, accurate = aeh-kyu-rit? or ae-kyu-ret? chocholate=cho-kohl-let? or cho-kohl-lit?
3) I heard that I can drop the 't' sound in words like international(inernational) or accurately(aeh-kyu-rul-ly), . Am I right?
Top answer
pousu Can native speakers distinguish between the 'unvoiced' and 'voiced' 'th' sounds? LOL! Yes!
- pousu Can native speakers distinguish between the 'unvoiced' and 'voiced' 'th' sounds?
- LOL!
- Yes!
- It's part of the definition of "native speaker" to be able to distinguish between the sounds of the language you speak!
- pousu Does it sound weird if "th" in "three" is voiced?
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pousuCan native speakers distinguish between the 'unvoiced' and 'voiced' 'th' sounds?LOL! Yes! It's part of the definition of "native speaker" to be able to distinguish between the sounds of the language you speak!
pousuDoes it sound weird if "th" in "three" is voiced?Yes. It's especially ludicrous because English has
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