Beckham pronounces "Great" with "K" sound???

Dear all,

When I watch this video on youtube, I hear David Beckham said "It's such a great tradition", the "great" with "k" at the end, like "greatk", when he said this word again, he also gave the "k" sound at the end, anyone can tell me if it is Beckam's habit or it is common in native pronunciation?? Thanks.

YouTube - ‪David Beckham - FA Cup Final [Facebook] 13 May 2011‬‏

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EngFan

You're incorrect, he sais great with a /g/.

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Originally Posted by konungursvia

You're incorrect, he sais great with a /g/.

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Well, what she asked is the final sound of the word GREAT.
Sounds like there's a sort of k sound at the end of the word ''GREAT'':-)
That final sound's supposed to be /t/ sound. Maybe he made the t sound indistinctly
or that's the way he made the /t/ sound :-)

PS:sorry for correcting you

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Originally Posted by DontBanMe

Well, what she asked is the final sound of the word GREAT.
Sounds like there's a sort of k sound at the end of the word ''GREAT'':-)
that final sound's supposed to be /t/ sound.maybe he made the t sound indistinctly
or that's the way he made the /t/ sound :-)

PS:sorry for correcting you

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Yes, this is what I meant...I feel so wired the word of "Great" should be /t/ sound at the end, but he said k sound at the end....I can't understand why he said it in this way as he is a native english speaker.

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Originally Posted by EngFan

Yes, this is what I meant...I feel so wired the word of "Great" should be /t/ sound at the end, but he said k sound at the end....I can't understand why he said it in this way as he is a native english speaker.

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Sorry,dude! I can't put my finger on it either. :-(

It sounds to me as if he said 'great', ending in a glottal stop rather than /t/, then began a word beginning with /k/, changed his mind, and said 'tradition'.

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Originally Posted by fivejedjon

It sounds to me as if he said 'great', ending in a glottal stop rather than /t/, then began a word beginning with /k/, changed his mind, and said 'tradition'.

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But EngFan said David Beckham did the same thing when he said GREAT again. Was that coincidence or what? Anyway, that doesn't really matter as long as we know the pronounciation of GREAT is GREIT.

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Originally Posted by DontBanMe

Well, what she asked is the final sound of the word GREAT.
Sounds like there's a sort of k sound at the end of the word ''GREAT'':-)
That final sound's supposed to be /t/ sound. Maybe he made the t sound indistinctly
or that's the way he made the /t/ sound :-)

PS:sorry for correcting you

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Oh, I thought he or she meant at the end of the video. It's common in working class English dialects to use a glottal stop for a /t/.

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Originally Posted by DontBanMe

But EngFan said David Beckham did the same thing when he said GREAT again. Was that coincidence or what? Anyway, that doesn't really matter as long as we know the pronounciation of GREAT is GREIT.

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He did it twice. It's possible he was thinking of saying 'great cup'.

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Originally Posted by fivejedjon

He did it twice. It's possible he was thinking of saying 'great cup'.

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Maybe....otherwise there is no /k/ sound at the end of "great"


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