Unclear words before "sick"

[svetlana14]

What are the words he says at 6:03; how to be sick. Would you respect...?

 

[emsr2d2]

"That'd be sick." Here, "sick" is used with its slang definition, meaning "cool" or "excellent".

 

[svetlana14]

"That'd be sick." Here, "sick" is used with its slang definition, meaning "cool" or "excellent".

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)

 

[svetlana14]

"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]?

 

[jutfrank]

I don't think he pronounces a glottal stop. He certainly doesn't pronounce a final /d/, and I'm not even convinced he uses a consonant at the beginning. Turn the volume right up, slow playback down to 25%, and you'll hear it much more clearly.

Remember that you don't need to hear every sound of a word in order to understand it. The fact that you didn't understand what he said was not so much a result of you not hearing any particular words rather than you being unfamiliar with the phrase 'That would be sick'.