svetlana14
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What are the words he says at 6:03; how to be sick. Would you respect...?
Does he pronounce that in the way that /æ/ is realised as [a] (given that in modern RP the vowel has shifted to [a])? In addition, it appears that the last t is a full stop or is not released so that I can hardly hear it. I hear the whole contraction that'd as ðaid or ðaəd. Or even ad (be sick)"That'd be sick." Here, "sick" is used with its slang definition, meaning "cool" or "excellent".
I'm stuck in understanding his pronunciation. Do you agree that the host pronounces that'd like ða?id where ?-glottal stop and /æ/ is realised as [a]?"That'd be sick." Here, "sick" is used with its slang definition, meaning "cool" or "excellent".
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