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For questions about differences in the way spoken English sounds when an utterance is a continuous stream of sound instead of each word being pronounced in isolation.
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What is the correct pronunciation of "don't you"?
First and foremost, there's no 'correct' or 'incorrect' pronunciation. Pronunciation of a particular word varies from speaker to speaker or accent to accent.
All the pronunciations you've given are co …
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Is 'idea of' pronounced 'idearof'?
Preliminaries
Rhotic & non-rhotic accents: A rhotic accent is one in which the R is pronounced in all contexts (i.e. beginning, middle and end of a word). General American English is rhotic. Non-rhot …
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Strange pronunciation of 'assume'
As described in this ELU answer, the pronunciation of assume in most British and Australian accents is /əˈsjuːm/ with the /s/ followed by a yod ('y' as in you). There's a tendency to merge an /s/ with …
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Why does "don't be" sometimes sound like "dombe"?
Short answer
Some people pronounce Don't be as dombe because the t is sometimes deleted and the n is assimilated to an m in anticipation of the following b.
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In Don't be, the /t/ is flanked …
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