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Osee Posted 19 years ago
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the pronunciation of landscape
0 so may I understand from the following that the pronunciation of landscape is " 01 b 01 font 00 lan 02 font 02 b 00 " instead of " 01 b 00 land 02 b 00 "? Thanks. 0-
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0 It's [ læn(t)skep_} ] 0-
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0 I mean the pronunciation in North America; the picture I included above is from Marriam-Webster. Thanks. 0-
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0 Yes, Osee, I wouldn't pronounce the "d" is most conversation. Only if I were carefully enunciating. 0-
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0 >> I mean the pronunciation in North America << 02 br
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00 That's what I gave: [ læn(t)skep_} ] . So, what happened is either the "d" dropped off and a sycophantic "t" was inserted between the "n" and the "s", or the "d" simply devoiced into a "t", because it was followed by an "s". 02 br
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00 >> Only if I were carefully enunciating. &
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00 That's what I gave: [ læn(t)skep_} ] . So, what happened is either the "d" dropped off and a sycophantic "t" was inserted between the "n" and the "s", or the "d" simply devoiced into a "t", because it was followed by an "s". 02 br
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00 >> Only if I were carefully enunciating. &
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