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I am wondering how to pronounce "you may have gotten bored watching that". I have little understanding about if I should pronounce the 'd' in /bɔrd/ or just /bɔr/ before the word 'watching'.

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    As a native AmE speaker, I never skip the d in bored, regardless what comes afterward.
    – Esther
    May 22, 2022 at 5:08
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    Why do you think the final 'd' of a past participle might be omitted?
    – Kate Bunting
    May 22, 2022 at 7:05
  • I read about 'final stop between consonants' .... "When a stop is followed by another consonant, do not release the stop"....so that's the reason I thought in that way.I read that 'd' is a voice consonant. Does It only applies for unvoiced consonants? . Let me know if I'm in a mistake.Thanks for all replies.
    – gabriel
    May 22, 2022 at 16:17
  • @gabriel "do not release" doesn't mean "make it silent". In a normal released /d/ sound you move your tongue above your teeth and then move it back a little so a breath of air goes out. (You notate that small puff of air as /ᵊ/) When /d/ is before another consonant, we don't move the tongue back to get /ᵊ/ and then go do the consonant, we just immediately go to the consonant. Not */bɔɹ.dᵊ.wɑ.t͡ʃɪŋ/ but /bɔɹd.wɑ.t͡ʃɪŋ/ or /bɔɹ.dwɑ.t͡ʃɪŋ/.
    – Jafar
    May 22, 2022 at 16:51

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Most people usually say:

/bɔɹd/

as the general american prounciation in the wiktionary here

I do not see any reason to pronounce it without the "d" at the end, no matter the use in a sentence.

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