Pronunciation of Britain,Manhantan, Forgotten...

[Williamyh]

Hi All Native English Speakers,

I wanted to know how would you pronounce the following words:
In my country, most of people would pronounce "Brit tain", "Manhan tan", "Forgot ten", that means the last syllable would stick with "t", as I heard CNN,BBC or english movies, most of native speakers saying these kind of words in the last syllable would pronounce "en" only without sticking the "t" sound....please advise.

William

[timjphillips]

Hard sounds like t are often sofened by regional accents.

It is common to "drop" ts out of words all together.

So butter becomes Bu - er

And Ticket becomes Ticke'

I often say Forgo-un instead of forgot-ten

also Brit-un, and Manha-un

That's a common middle British accent.

Also No one says Bri-tain to sound like rain or pain.

It's Brit-ten or Brit-tun or even Brit-tan

[Williamyh]

Hard sounds like t are often sofened by regional accents.

It is common to "drop" ts out of words all together.

So butter becomes Bu - er

And Ticket becomes Ticke'

I often say Forgo-un instead of forgot-ten

also Brit-un, and Manha-un

That's a common middle British accent.

Also No one says Bri-tain to sound like rain or pain.

It's Brit-ten or Brit-tun or even Brit-tan

Hi timjphillips, thanks a lot for your sharing. Any other native speakers can share your pronunciation of these words....I'd like to collect more and keep that in my mind....thanks

[BobK]

Hi timjphillips, thanks a lot for your sharing. Any other native speakers can share your pronunciation of these words....I'd like to collect more and keep that in my mind....thanks

Again, the /t/ is not entirely dropped - it's replaced by another kind of stop, further back in the throat, called a 'glottal stop' (or sometimes just 'a glottal' - a singer, for example might say something like 'Do you think I should separate those two words with a glottal?')

The glottal stop is widespread, is typical - for example - of Estuary English, and is even finding its way into the speech of people known for using RP. I don't use it in a word like 'forgotten' (I explode the [t] nasally), but my sister does and my daughter does - so it's not necessarily a regional thing (although there are regional dialects where a glottalized /t/ is the norm).

b

[Williamyh]

Again, the /t/ is not entirely dropped - it's replaced by another kind of stop, further back in the throat, called a 'glottal stop' (or sometimes just 'a glottal' - a singer, for example might say something like 'Do you think I should separate those two words with a glottal?')

The glottal stop is widespread, is typical - for example - of Estuary English, and is even finding its way into the speech of people known for using RP. I don't use it in a word like 'forgotten' (I explode the [t] nasally), but my sister does and my daughter does - so it's not necessarily a regional thing (although there are regional dialects where a glottalized /t/ is the norm).

b

Hi Bobk, I just searched the youtube which teaches the glottal stop, you may take a look and let me know if she teaches correctly? Thanks.

YouTube - Lesson 14 - Glottal Stop - English Pronunciation

[raindoctor]

the vowel between t and n get deleted. Here /t/ is not released.

Here you go:

YouTube - American Accent Advanced Lesson

[BobK]

Hi Bobk, I just searched the youtube which teaches the glottal stop, you may take a look and let me know if she teaches correctly? Thanks.

YouTube - Lesson 14 - Glottal Stop - English Pronunciation

I haven't watched it all; it's teaching an American accent, which may well be what you want.

In Br English, the glottal stop is less often used in the word 'fountain', and when it is, the unstressed syllable is different - /ɪn/. (There are other differences, involving something called 'nasal plosion' - which you might want to look up - but that's the main one.)

b