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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

EngFan
Last edited by EngFan; 26-May-2011 at 04:01.
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Re: Beckham pronounces "Great" with "K" sound???
You're incorrect, he sais great with a /g/.
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Re: Beckham pronounces "Great" with "K" sound???

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

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.
Sorry,dude! I can't put my finger on it either.
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Re: Beckham pronounces "Great" with "K" sound???
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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Re: Beckham pronounces "Great" with "K" sound???

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'.
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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Re: Beckham pronounces "Great" with "K" sound???

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

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.
He did it twice. It's possible he was thinking of saying 'great cup'.
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Re: Beckham pronounces "Great" with "K" sound???

Originally Posted by
fivejedjon
He did it twice. It's possible he was thinking of saying 'great cup'.
Maybe....otherwise there is no /k/ sound at the end of "great"
http://vocaroo.com/?media=vtNYatPJOoWocokwj
Last edited by EngFan; 26-May-2011 at 06:21.
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