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Using the flap T

the word our to the schwa our sound or that means the T here is now coming between two vowel sounds and I'm making that a flap T sound which sounds like the D between vowels wat...

Course: Smoother American pronunciationSection: Talking about your daySubtitles: en

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dramatically reducing

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the word our to the schwa our sound or

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that means the T here is now coming

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between two vowel sounds and I'm making

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that a flap T sound which sounds like

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the D between vowels water water water

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also the word U is unstressed so it's

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going to be in that same line what are

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you what are you what are you what are

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you very fast quite flat lower in volume

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what are you doing now here we have a

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stressed word do doing doing what are

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you doing do you hear how this syllable

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do six out of that phrase more than

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anything else what are you doing what

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are you doing after this another

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stressed word here so what are you doing

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after this

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so what are you doing after this so what

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are you doing after this what are you

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doing after this what are you doing

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after this after this nothing Tom's

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speaking a little bit more slowly than I

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am here after this nothing we have two

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two syllable words here which syllable

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is stressed let's take first the word

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after if you think you hear the first

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syllable as being

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