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Why the pronunciation of "smoked" is "smoke + t"?
I heard from TV characters that they pronounce "smoked" as "smoke +t" but not "smoke + ed" ?? could someone tell me why, please??
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Re: Why the pronunciation of "smoked" is "smoke + t"?

Originally Posted by
menueditor
I heard from TV characters that they pronounce "smoked" as "smoke +t" but not "smoke + ed" ?? could someone tell me why, please??
Because /k/ is as unvoiced consonant. You can expect to hear /t/ at the end of most past participles ending like this:
/f/ coughed, /koft/
/k/ backed, /bakt/
/p/ stopped, /stopt/
/s/ passed, /past/
/x/ hoaxed. /hoakst/
If there is a schwa between the base verb and the 'd', it will be /d/:
/t/ batted, /bat'd/
Last edited by Raymott; 08-Jun-2010 at 06:08.
Reason: Change voiced to unvoiced
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Re: Why the pronunciation of "smoked" is "smoke + t"?

Originally Posted by
Raymott
Because /k/ is a voiced consonant. You can expect to hear /t/ at the end of most past participles ending like this:
/f/ coughed, /koft/
/k/ backed, /bakt/
/p/ stopped, /stopt/
/s/ passed, /past/
/x/ hoaxed. /hoakst/
If there is a schwa between the base verb and the 'd', it will be /d/:
/t/ batted, /bat'd/
raymott /K/ is voiceless not voiced
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Re: Why the pronunciation of "smoked" is "smoke + t"?

Originally Posted by
menueditor
I heard from TV characters that they pronounce "smoked" as "smoke +t" but not "smoke + ed" ?? could someone tell me why, please??
it has to do with voiced and voiceless sounds. bare in mind itīs about sounds and not words.
voiceless sounds are pronounced with /t/ and voiced sounds with /d/
if you havenīt seen the rules yet let me know and Iīll send them to you
best wishes
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Re: Why the pronunciation of "smoked" is "smoke + t"?

Originally Posted by
elhithebest
raymott /K/ is voiceless not voiced
Oops, that's what I meant. I'll edit it.
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Re: Why the pronunciation of "smoked" is "smoke + t"?
Would it be incorrect to pronounce batted as /bat't/?
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Re: Why the pronunciation of "smoked" is "smoke + t"?

Originally Posted by
mmasny
Would it be incorrect to pronounce batted as /bat't/?
yes.
when you have /ed/ after /t/ or /d/ you pronounce /id/
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Re: Why the pronunciation of "smoked" is "smoke + t"?
thank's about the reply and for ur clear point
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