Which are the possible ways to pronounce the word 'britain'?

[Manuel2P]

Hello:

I have heard that there are three possible ways of pronouncing 'britain': complete plosion, incomplete plosion and schwa.

I guess the first one is the traditional one, standard English, with a "strong" /t/; the second one would be a softer /t/ and the third one just with a schwa sound, but I'm confused and I don't know how to write it phonetically. Could you write them for me, please?

Thanks.

 

[5jj]

Where did you hear this? The 't' may be released nasally, and the /n/ may be syllabic, but you cannot contrast complete/incomplete plosion and schwa.

 

[Manuel2P]

Where did you hear this? The 't' may be released nasally, and the /n/ may be syllabic, but you cannot contrast complete/incomplete plosion and schwa.

Ok, then tell me please, which do you think are the forms of pronouncing 'britain'?

 

[5jj]

Phonemically I'd go for somewhere in this range: /ˈbrɪtən/, /ˈbrɪt[SUP]ə[/SUP]n/, /ˈbrɪtn/.

 

[Raymott]

Phonemically I'd go for somewhere in this range: /ˈbrɪtən/, /ˈbrɪt[SUP]ə[/SUP]n/, /ˈbrɪtn/.

I thought they were three different ways of transcribing the same sound. But I can't think of any other way to pronounce "Britian"