The thread title is one. I barely pronounce "it" at all when I say "it just goes to show" in ordinary conversation — but this depends on dialect and register.There are situations where Ts are dropped at the end of words, as they blend into the next word. But I can't think of any with "it."
Without wishing to sound snobby, it's more associated with the lower classes/less educated.
Not very. There are situation where Ts are dropped at the end of words, as they blend into the next word. But I can't think of any with "it."
I'm sure beachboy is asking about the use of the word as part of natural speech, not about how the word is pronounced in isolation.
Yes, I understood. I was saying that where there are combinations like "Giant Eagle" (a local supermarket) where the T completely disappears in normal speech, I can not think of any phrase with "it" where the T in "it" goes away.
Do you mean that you pronounce the part I have underlined in Giant Eagle in exactly the same way as you would the underlined part in Zion Eagle?
Do you mean that you pronounce the part I have underlined in Giant Eagle in exactly the same way as you would the underlined part in Zion Eagle?
Yes, that is exactly how it works in my dialect, unless one is deliberately speaking carefully. It's not a general thing, but with common names this is done.
The neighborhood of East Liberty is said as "E Sliberty."
It's extremely common in all variants of English, including American English.
I must agree with both SoothingDave and Piscean.
In AmE the furthest we go is to replace a final t with a glottal stop. Neither I nor anyone I know ever drops the final t completely.
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