Yeah, it took me a little to figure out that bo?l was actually bottle , and the t's were glottal stops, lol. I understood because they said "a bo?l of wine", so I figured it out. I think it's normal if you're only used to certain accents (I'm only

Hi, do you native speakers always understand what people say on TV, on the radio, in movies, in songs, etc.??? In Italian, unless people start to talk in a regional dialect (not accent, I said "dialect"), I think I always understand what they say

Bldudas: thanks so much. I'll def. check them out. I've been staying up all night browsing the web for sites that can help me. You cannot recognise US accents? Where are the people from you hear? You should be able to recognise New York and

Night rate: both t's are glottal stops. Nitrate: the /t/ is often pronounced as . The becomes voiceless.

glottal , not glottaral ! Yes, Philadelphia. But there may be other places, too. CJ

Damn I 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

Marvin A. wrote: Well, Kooyeen, here's how I pronounce them. Thank you so much for reading my post. The way I see it, the difference between stressed can and can't is a glottal stop in production, and no difference in perception (the tongue

This is a particularly rough one! can has just an n (of course), but it's a full n . can't has an n that is terminated abruptly by an unreleased t (and it may even include a glottal stop for some speakers) which gives the impression of the

Hi, would you notice the difference between the answers in this conversation? - Can I move my home path to another partition without formatting? - I think you can. / I think you can't. I can distinguish between can and can't when can is not

the less I think of what I say, the more I sound good, and the more I think of what I say, the more I find myself stuck Ain't it the truth! Same here. Never ask a millipede to explain how he manages to get anywhere -- unless you want to watch