euncu
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"As with many English consonants, a process of assimilation can result in the substitution of other speech sounds in certain phonetic environments. Most surprising to native speakers, who do this subconsciously, is the use of [n] and [l] as realisations of /ð/ in the following phrases:[1]
join the army: /ˈdʒɔɪn ðiː ˈɑːmi/ → [ˈdʒɔɪn niː ˈɑːmi]fail the test: /feɪl ðə ˈtɛst/ → [feɪl lə ˈtɛst] "
I quoted the above text from ;Pronunciation of English th - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
My question is that is this a general rule, and is it also correct for the words starting with the voiced th other than the definate article?
I'm asking this because I've long been trying to use this sound correctly when I'm speaking but it slows my speech down for the sake of doing it right and even then I still don't know whether it is OK. So if there is a general principle confirming the text quoted above it will at least be a small relieve that there are times I get to evade pronunciating this sounds.
Thanks for your answers in advance.
join the army: /ˈdʒɔɪn ðiː ˈɑːmi/ → [ˈdʒɔɪn niː ˈɑːmi]fail the test: /feɪl ðə ˈtɛst/ → [feɪl lə ˈtɛst] "
I quoted the above text from ;Pronunciation of English th - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
My question is that is this a general rule, and is it also correct for the words starting with the voiced th other than the definate article?
I'm asking this because I've long been trying to use this sound correctly when I'm speaking but it slows my speech down for the sake of doing it right and even then I still don't know whether it is OK. So if there is a general principle confirming the text quoted above it will at least be a small relieve that there are times I get to evade pronunciating this sounds.
Thanks for your answers in advance.