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Re: that that

Kooyeen — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:53:49 GMT

Well, I usually hear it that way, and Ann Cook in American Accent training told me to do so, so I think I'll go on pronouncing them that way. I could upload the short audio examples she uses to teach the difference between those two kinds of "that", but I don't feel like it now. If you are interested or curious I might post them in the pronunciation section one day...

Can - Can't

Kooyeen — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:32:55 GMT

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 stressed (so it's "kun"), but I think there's no way to distinguish them when they are both stressed. I still remember when Ann Cook, in American Accent Training, said: "Now we are going to learn the difference between CAN and CAN." LOL
My tendency is to release the T a little when I want to avoid being ambiguous, so:
I think you can't. - slight t at the end.
No, you can't. - Unreleased t, glottal stop, call it what you want.
You can't see it. - My tongue doesn't even try to do any kind of T

What's your opinion? Thank you in advance

Re: American Accent Training!

Little Cloud — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:19:51 GMT

Sorry for disturbing u all here: I'd like to know why are u so interestend in American accent? I mean: we 're talking in English. Isn't English native language of Great Britain's people? And if so, is it right to say that real English is British English?

Here in Italy, people from south speak a very different Italian from northern people but, as we live in the same country, it's impossible to say that we have "different types of Italian language" but just some dialects.

For English language, it's different: it's very particular that people coming from various parts of this earth talk in the same language. But, if it's the same language, why are we making this difference between "American English" and "British English"??? The only important thing, in my opinio, is to use it in the right way.

Indeed, it's so easy to distinguish an American from an English....

I'm really curious about this...but I also understand that my talk is a little bit strange, but U have to understand me...here in Italy it's 01.19 am!!!

Bye!