No, you don't aspirate those unvoiced plosives after an /s/.Hi All,
When we pronounce "Speak", Stamp", "Sky, can we sound the p, t, and k aspirated after "s" ?
EngFan
Not a teacher, but a fellow learner
I don't understand what you mean by "aspirate", but I surely know that "p", "t", and "k" after "s", change into tense consonants. Those sound different from their normal sounds.
I doubt if a native speaker could; you learn not to in the course of becoming a native speaker. ;-) (I would find it very difficult to do; and while I can hear something odd when others do it, my ability to identify it lasted only a year or two.*)I was wondering if any native speakers would aspirate those unvoiced plosives after an /s/? I hear some non-native speakers sometimes would aspirate those unvoiced plosives after an /s/, as you are native speaker, would you consider this is a wrong way in pronunciation?
I doubt if a native speaker could; you learn not to in the course of becoming a native speaker. ;-) (I would find it very difficult to do; and while I can hear something odd when others do it, my ability to identify it lasted only a year or two.*)
To see the effect of aspiration (a little puff of air) hold a piece of tissue in front of your mouth and see what happens when you say 'pin' as opposed to what happens when you say 'spin'
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PS * In another thread I mentioned Audrey Hepburn - who because of her Dutch roots had some sort of strange behaviour about aspirating her voiceless stops. Most people think her voice has a certain je ne sais quoi, but not many would say she had a foreign accent.
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