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Originally Posted by rogusx  By the way, does anyone in here pronounce "bottom" with a syllabic /m/?? I myself include a clear schwa between the /t/ and the /m/ and it sounds really odd to produce /ˈbɒt.m/. Perhaps for those who substitute the /t/ for a glottal stop and say /ˈbɒʔ.m/ it is more usual to use syllabic /m/.
There's also syllabic /ŋ/ in certain contexts, such as "lock and key" when it is delivered quickly as "lock'n key" and pronounced /ˈlɒkŋˈkiː/ (RP) /ˈlɑkŋˈki/ (GA). |
I do, depending on context. At the end of a sentence I use a clear schwa between the /t/ and the /m/, but in a phrase like 'from the bottom up' the /m/ becomes syllabic; my /t/ is certainly not glottalized.
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