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Osee Posted 19 years ago
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the pronunciation of indispensable

0Hi there, 02br
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00In Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, the pronunciation for indispensable is /,in-di-'spen(t)-s?-b?l/. I have some questions about this.02br
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001) the "p" after "s" should pronounce as "b", right? BTW, "t" after "s" should read as "d"?02br
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002) what does that "(t)" mean? 02br
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00Thanks a lot!02br
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0 To some non-native speakers of English, 01b 00sp02b 00, 01b 00st02b 00, and 01b 00sk/sc02b 00 sound like 01b 00sb02b 00, 01b 00sd02b 00, and 01b 00sg02b 00, respectively. That is because after01b 00 s02b 00, the 01b 00p02b 00, 01b 00t02b 00, and 01b 00k/c02b 00 sounds are unaspirated in English. 02br 02br 00 The 01i 00(t)02i 00 represents the fact that the transition between the 01b 00n02b 00 sound and the 01b 00s02b 00 sound almost inevitably creates a01b 00 t02b 00 sound.

— CalifJim

  • 0 To some non-native speakers of English, 01b 00sp02b 00, 01b 00st02b 00, and 01b 00sk/sc02b 00 sound like 01b 00sb02b 00, 01b 00sd02b 00, and 01b 00sg02b 00, respectively.
  • That is because after01b 00 s02b 00, the 01b 00p02b 00, 01b 00t02b 00, and 01b 00k/c02b 00 sounds are unaspirated in English.
  • 02br 02br 00 The 01i 00(t)02i 00 represents the fact that the transition between the 01b 00n02b 00 sound and the 01b 00s02b 00 sound almost inevitably creates a01b 00 t02b 00 sound.
  • You may or may not detect the presence of this 01b 00t02b 00 when people say the word.
  • 02br 02br 00 CJ0-
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0 To some non-native speakers of English, 01b00sp02b00, 01b00st02b00, and 01b00sk/sc02b00 sound like 01b00sb02b00, 01b00sd02b00, and 01b00sg02b00, respectively. That is because after01b00 s02b00, the 01b00p02b00,
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0 I'm not a native english speaker and to me the 01b00sp02b00 sound in 01b00indispensable02b00 sounds like 01b00sp02b00 not 01b00sb02b00.0-
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01cite10Sienauser12cite10I'm not a native english speaker and to me the 11b10sp12b10 sound in 11b10indispensable12b10 sounds like 11b10sp12b10 not 11b10sb12b10.12br
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10Then perhaps your language has the same
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10To some non-native speakers of English, 11b10sp12b10, 11b10st12b10, and 11b10sk/sc12b10 sound like 11b10sb12b10, 11b10sd12b10, and 11b10sg12b10, respectively. That is because a
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0 Hi,02br
00I remember reading in a book that 01i00spoon02i00 and 01i00sboon02i00 sound practically the same. But to me, they don't sound the same. Yes, they are similar, but not the same (B's are vocalized P's, in the end).02br
00So, in indispensable, there is a P and a B, and they are pronounced differently.02br
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0Thanks a lot! You guys are warm-heart!!0-
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01cite10Osee12cite10Thanks a lot! You guys are warm-heart!!12br
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0 Thank you very much, Marvin. 0-
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00I can not figure out t sound will be inevitably created when from n sound to s sound.12blockquote
10I'm not sure if the creation of the 01b00t02b00 between 01b00n02b00 and 01b00s02b00 is absolutely 01u00inevitable02u00, but it may as well be. There
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