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In words such as 'eaten' and 'button', pronounced with a glottal closure, it is generally almost impossible to know whether the /t/ has been pronounced (e.g. [ˈiːʔtn̩], [ˈbʌʔtn̩]) or omitted (e.g. [ˈiːʔn̩], [ˈbʌʔn̩]). However, in the same syllable coda position, /t/ may instead be analyzed as an unreleased stop. [10]
For example, the sounds /k/ and /t/ may not be recognized as having different meanings, so "call" and "tall" might be treated as homophones, both being pronounced as "tall." This is called phoneme collapse, and in some cases many sounds may all be represented by one — e.g., /d/ might replace /t/, /k/, and /ɡ/. As a result, the number of ...
Speakers have difficulty with the glottalization of /p t k/, either not pronouncing it or applying it in the wrong contexts so that good morning is pronounced [ɡʊʔ ˈmɔːnɪŋ]. [26] The voiceless stops /p t k/ lack aspiration in stressed syllable-initial context. [26] Medial /t/ is replaced by /d/ such that better is pronounced as [bɛdə ...
Excluded are the numerous spellings which fail to make the pronunciation obvious without actually being at odds with convention: for example, the pronunciation / s k ə ˈ n ɛ k t ə d i / [1] [2] of Schenectady is not immediately obvious, but neither is it counterintuitive.
In many dialects, /r/ occurs only before a vowel; if you speak such a dialect, simply ignore /r/ in the pronunciation guides where you would not pronounce it, as in cart /kɑːrt/. In other dialects, /j/ ( y es) cannot occur after /t, d, n/ , etc., within the same syllable; if you speak such a dialect, then ignore the /j/ in transcriptions such ...
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In General American, yod-dropping is found not only in the above environments but also after /t/, /d/ and /n/ (for example, tune /ˈtuːn/, dew /ˈduː/, and new /ˈnuː/). The lack of yod-dropping in those contexts has occasionally been held to be a shibboleth distinguishing Canadians from Americans.