Pronounciation question, please help!?

Phantom

2011-02-09 12:07 pm

Is it true that you have to aspire the "T" sound all the time in most words when using them in sentences?

For example:

whaT would you like?
whaT was your name?
I don'T know
Don'T forget
Don'T go
don'T want to
don'T get it
I wanT a car.
aT home
aT nine

Do you aspire the "T" sound in the above situations?
How about, "whaT the .....", do you aspire the T sound before the "th" sound?
Thanks.

回答 (1)

[匿名]

2011-02-09 12:14 pm

✔ 最佳答案

It depends on what kind of accent you have. I think you have to aspire most T's in British English, while only few/some for American English.

British: What(h) would you like?
American: What would you like?

British: I want(h) a car.
American: I want a car. (Most people say these very fast, and often misinterpreted as "I wanna car".)

British: A' nine. (Ah' nine would be the British pronunciation I think, based on various British English speakers on Youtube.)
American: At nine.

For me though, I have neither of those accents. I have an Asian accent, and I do not aspire T's unless needed, like "spit", "environment", "take".

Note: I may be wrong about British English though. I based those on my observations.

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