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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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that's tough & that stuff

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00 That stuff.02br
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00 These two words are represented as almost the same phonetic symbols.02br
00 The only difference is that in 'that's tough' the 't' is aspirated.02br
00 This aspiration is the key distinctive feature.02br
00 Considering this way, I think teachers should put more emphasis on02br
00 the importance of aspration.02br
00 What do you think about this?0-
  

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0 Well, it depends on which language the people natively speak. Speakers of language with the same aspiration rules as English don't have to learn that. It's true that an unaspirated "t" can sound like a "d" in English occasionally, but I think that the biggest hallmark of a foreign accent, is that most languages have a dental "t", while English has an alveolar one.

— Marvin A.

  • 0 Well, it depends on which language the people natively speak.
  • Speakers of language with the same aspiration rules as English don't have to learn that.
  • It's true that an unaspirated "t" can sound like a "d" in English occasionally, but I think that the biggest hallmark of a foreign accent, is that most languages have a dental "t", while English has an alveolar one.
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0 Well, it depends on which language the people natively speak. Speakers of language with the same aspiration rules as English don't have to learn that. It's true that an unaspirated "t" can sound like a "d" in English occasionally, but I think that the biggest hallmark of a foreign accent, is that most languages have a dental "t", while English has an alveolar one. 0-
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00 The only difference is that in 'that's tough' the 't' is aspirated.12br
10 This aspiration is the key distinctive feature.12br
10 Considering this way, I think teachers should put more emphasis on12br
10 the importance of aspration.12br
10 What do you think about this?12blockquote
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00I would have said I pronounce both the same way, but I actually don't know if it's true...010id38
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00I would have said I pronounce both the same way12blockquote
10What?!!! Get to work on your pronunciation at once!!! 05002br
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00I always knew my pronounciation wasn't ok, I just tried to reduce my bad Italian accent. I learned to recognize some features, the main features (shown on that book on accent training). The main features are liaisons, tapped t's, glottal stops, dark l's, n's that disappears after t's, h's dropped...02br
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01cite10Marvin A.12cite10 I think that the biggest hallmark of a foreign accent, is that most languages have a dental "t", while English has an alveolar one.12blockquote
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00 Does a dental 't' cause confusion? 02br
00 I think it's just a redundant feature, which is not counted as a dintincti
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