svetlana14
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- Dec 5, 2013
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- Ukrainian
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- Ukraine
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- Ukraine
Could you please listen to the recording attached below. My question/problem area relates to the word "busted". I hear "busted" in the fast speech as something like "bus-ef" so that "t" is dropped and "ed" gets "ef" or sometimes disappears at all blending with “f” in the following “for” (if ones plays back over and over again). I have tried to listen to the pronunciation of other American speakers and they pronounced "t" in “busted” pretty clear for me. Is it a normal practice for the fast and connected speech of American pronunciation for dropping “ts” in such or similar cases Thank you.