Hi, with questions like this, you are getting into trouble, lol. I remember asking the same kind of question in the past. I've never gotten a clear answer, because this can get very complicated, as you can see from raindoctor's answer. It

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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 struggle with giving each of my characters a unique voice and while I realize there are books and articles covering this, I don't feel like my characters have a great voice. Can anyone offer any tips or insights? It's very easy to become

I actually disagree with you on that issue. I think tongue position is actually very vital, because it facilitates smooth, fluent motion of the tongue in your mouth, Well, that's actually true. What I was saying was I would avoid spending too

To pronounce these words with an American accent, your tongue should never touch the tip of our mouth when doing the "r." (I'm from Pennsylvania in the Northeast by the way). Regularly = r-egg-yool-err-lee Particularly =

1. their /v/ is weak, since they have it as an approximant, which is weaker than a fricative. In Eng, it is a fricative. Even in english, /v/ can have its approximant as an allophone: this occurs probably in phrases like "five sixty",

Hi there, I would say I have a pretty decent accent, I don't stress my words much. However I can't proprely pronounce some words that have a 'th' in them. Father- as its got a slight 'd-ish' sound comes off OK. But the th

well i lived in england for first grade and half of second and its so easy to pick up the accent. well u just bring out the T us americans use d instead of t like slang. dont try too hard you'll sound wierd and also dont try in england. define