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Reduce common phrases

think they want to just I've noticed some native speakers do this with the th and think we use this phrase a lot I think this I think that and it's not uncommon to hear the H so...

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

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just I

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think they want to just I've noticed

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some native speakers do this with the th

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and think we use this phrase a lot I

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think this I think that and it's not

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uncommon to hear the H sound instead of

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the th it's a funny little reduction

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that we do of a Content word I think

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they I think they want to just I think

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they want to just I think they want to

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just chat and yeah you probably noticed

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the W reduction

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here I think they wanted I think they

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wanted I think they

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wanted very common in American English I

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think they want to just chat and yeah

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also the word just we often reduce this

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so it sounds like there's basically no

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vowel just just just

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want to just want to just 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 chat and yeah

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chat another stop tea at the end of this

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thought I think they want to just chat

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yeah the word and was very reduced to

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just the schw n

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Sound chat yeah chat and yeah chat and

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yeah you stuff you know did you know

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noticed that this was the schah and not

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the U ASM bu vowel y y you know we

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pronounce

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