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Link words and drop T sounds

somewh after that and what after that and what after that but we said we'd be there at 1:30 but we I actually drop the T all together here to make this even more connected and s...

Course: Smoother American pronunciationSection: Making plans with connected speechSubtitles: en

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somewh after that and what after that

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and what after that but we said we'd be

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there at 1:30 but we I actually drop the

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T all together here to make this even

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more connected and smooth B we

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B but is a function word not too

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important so it's okay to reduce it but

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we said we but we said we but we said

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we'd be there at 1:30 did you notice how

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I pronounced 30 I took this second T and

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made it a flap T so it sounded like a d

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30 30

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130 but we said we'd be there at 130 130

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130

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this was another stop

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te and it was very quick so it was hard

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to tell but I think this was awah at it

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at 1:30 at

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1:30 be there at 1:30 be there at 1:30

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be there at 1:30 when you're talking

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about the time of something try

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pronouncing at this way very quickly

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right I think they want to just another

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stop T here it's the end of a sentence

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right right right right I think they

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want to just did you notice how my dad

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did not make a th sound here but rather

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just an H sound and he connected it to I

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I think I think I think I think they

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want to just I think they want to just I

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think they want to just

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