Tim's Pronunciation Workshop
medium levelTim's Pronunciation Workshop: Consonant - vowel linking
Episode 59/ 23 Sep 2014
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Tim
Hi. I'm Tim and this is my Pronunciation Workshop. Here, I'm going to show you how English is really spoken. Come on, let's go inside. Today, I'm going to tell you about perhaps the most common feature of fluent English pronunciation. And to help me, I’m going to use one of these. Now, I know you know what it is, but let's ask the people of London to describe it.
Voxpops
He's holding an egg.
He's holding an egg.
He's holding an egg.
He's holding an egg.
He's holding an egg.
Tim
An
egg – that's two words, right? But, when we pronounce them, there's no gap in between them. It almost sounds like one word. Listen again.
Now try this...
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