What do you mean? There are allophones of /t/, yes... At the end of a word (if nothing follows), /t/ can be pronounced in three different ways, as far as I know: 1) Released: you can hear the /t/, which is sometimes aspirated to some extent 2)

I just thought ealrier today that "th" and "d" in fast unclear speech must be indistinguishable, after I heard something on youtube. I'll try to find it again. (EDIT: On second thought I think that depends a lot on the

I have to say I don't really want to have a "perfect" accent: first of all, it would be impossible or at least not worth it, second of all, I wouldn't really know how to define a "perfect accent". I mean, how could you

Hey! That's a little tricky. You can say CAN AS /kæn/ and kɛn as weakened, but you can pronounce the negative the same way in fast speech. all depends on the context. That's the reason you sometimes hear "I can't do it the same

<Where are the books that teach spoken English ? I'm a go there? What a ya doin? Ah'll see ya domorrow. > They're on there way: English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate I doubt that's really comprehensive. I think I once took a look at that

Language teachers, could you tell us about some ways in which you are providing "learners with the tools to cope with 'real-life' communication ..."? Here in my country, they don't. And I heard it's so in most other

No! It's not sloppy! It's actually advisable to pronounce BUTTON that way in American English, since it seems to be the most common way to pronounce the pair NT. And the same goes for similar words: sentence, mountain, cotton, etc. The T

No, don't skip it! I say evaluadidit. (American English). In British English, some people might skip the T's and replace them with glottal stops, so you might mistakenly assume there are some syllables missing: evalua(t) a di(t) . In any

I know, when speaking, some letters change its sounds(at the end of previous and beginning of next word), omit... Please, explain me with examples how it happens in spoken English. There's a lot to say. I don't know what exactly you are

Hi guruhkcs, and welcome to our forum. There are a lot of differences between British dialects and American dialects, and there are a lot of differences between different accents within the US, and lots of differences within the UK too. So