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Milky Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

sraining, zreading...

Is there anyone here who doesn't pronounce "it's raining" as "sraining" and "he's reading" as "zreading" when speaking rapidly?
  

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I may run the words together, but I do pronounce the it and he.
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As far as I can tell from a brief bout of alarming the neighbours, I do a semi-aspirated S sound with both; but the tongue is further forward with "it's reading". So the not-quite-vowel after S is thinner.

(If that makes any sense at all.)

MrP
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MrPedanticAs far as I can tell from a brief bout of alarming the neighbours, I do a semi-aspirated S sound with both; but the tongue is further forward with "it's reading". So the not-quite-vowel after S is thinner.

(If that makes any sense at all.)

MrP

It makes total sense. Thanks.
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Milky, I'm curious about the impetus for your question. Obviously, when people are talking fast, the separation of word-sounds is less distinct. 'It's raining' could just as well produce 'tsraining' in the ear, or even, in super-fast talkers-- 'israing'.
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Davkett Obviously, when people are talking fast, the separation of word-sounds is less distinct. 'It's raining' could just as well produce 'tsraining' in the ear, or even, in super-fast talkers-- 'israing'.

It could indeed. Which do you find yourself using most?
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People will call me a mumbler before they accuse me of fast-talking. In which case, "It's raining" will be heard probably as something like "s'reruh", and "he's reading" as "s'rereuh".
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