Pronunciation: assimilation (learn English with pie)

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Uploaded by on Sep 23, 2008

Listen to how sounds change when they are next to other sounds. This video is from www.podcastsinenglish.com, the efl/esl site for learners and teachers of English.

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  • @pickledrobinson Yes, Sound Foundations is a good book, we use it too. Have a look at p 60 and alveolar consonants. He says that words ending in /t/ /d/ or /n/ can take on the consonant of the following words if they begin with /p/ /b/ or /m/. The example he gives for /t/ to /p/ is hit man, it can sound like hip man. I think the important thing is 'can'; it's not a fact, it's a possibility. I think saying Great Britain, or hit man, and pronouncing both the /t/ and /b/ or /m/ is quite difficult.

  • Yeah Great Britain does sound like "Grape Britain" when we pronounce it.

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