Tim's Pronunciation Workshop
medium levelTim's Pronunciation Workshop: Assimilation of /nd/
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Tim
Hi, I'm Tim and this is my pronunciation workshop. Here, I'm gonna show you how English is really spoken. It'll help you become a better listener and a more fluent speaker. Come on, let's go inside. Now, when we speak English fluently, the sounds in words can join together, change or even disappear entirely. Sometimes more than one of these can happen. Take this for example. Now, I'm sure you know what it is, but let's ask the people of London:
Voxpops
egg sandwich
It's a sandwich
It's a sandwich
It's an egg sandwich
Tim
Now, the word 'sandwich' has an /n/ followed by a /d/, doesn't it? Or does it? Listen again, what sound can you hear?
Voxpops
Now try this...
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