What it comes to flapping, it is prevalent in AE pronunciation. Therefore, 'writer' might sound like 'wider' etc. At least, this is how I have understood it. I'm not sure about that glottalisation either. Hypothetically, I guess one could say that

One of my students raised a question about an articulation of English phrase. 1. Flapping When you pronouncing "it was" in casual, connected speech, could it be sounded like "idwas" or "irwas"? Like "water" as "warer", or "fatty" as "fady".

Hi, I'd like to know more about certain features I sometimes notice. Can you guys comment on the following? (...regional or not, what kinds of people use them, general info, etc.) 1 - American English with non tapped T's - It is basically General

Hello everybody ! I've noted that the indefinite article "a" is sometimes pronounced "weakly" (glottal or uvular, at the very back of the mouth) and sometimes "strongly" (like the "a" in "base"). Could you tell me if these uses depend on specific

CalifJim wrote: You realize, I'm sure, that the g in final ng is silent. It is only a marker to change the usual sound of 'n' to a velar nasal sound instead. It's farther back than your Italian gn but in the same general family of sounds.

Lonelymelody wrote: Hi there I've just heard that a native American speaker pronounced the word Rooster like: / rüs·tər / . I was wondering why the T is pronounced like /j / in here? I'm aware that Americans sometimes pronounce t like /d/

Hi there I've just heard that a native American speaker pronounced the word Rooster like: / rüs·tər /. I was wondering why the T is pronounced like /j / in here? I'm aware that Americans sometimes pronounce t like /d/ and also a glottal T

I don't think my "er" rhymes with my "cur"; the vowel in the former seems to be glottal. MrP

Thank you, I knew it had to be that way, but I was wondering what would happen if a Brit said that... I think the difference would be: - start to fight <--- stopped t followed by an aspirated t - start a fight <---- unaspirated t ...provided

Hi, I read Nona's new post earlier, but... where is it now? I can't see it anymore. It was a post with a link to a website where you could listen to IPA sounds (for British English). Well, I heard a lot of words pronounced with a clear consonant