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Old 16-Aug-2005, 14:25
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Default Re: Is there any difference in pronunciation between ..

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Originally Posted by Casiopea

Now, if it's not your ears, but rather native speaker pronunciation that's the problem, there are a few additional pronunciations for asked:

(1) ...
(2) asked, [aekst] (sounds like axed)
=> in this case, the native speaker makes the string easier to pronounce by switching /s/ and /k/ around: sk => ks
What do you mean by a different pronunciation for `asked` in case of `axed`?
Do you mean that normal `asked` could be pronounced as `axed`?
What would it mean then? And how could I guess that smn meant `asked` by sayin `axed`? Or maybe it`s me who misunderstood you, Casiopea?
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