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- 26-Nov-2011, 23:00 #1
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How does she pronounce "for" in this video? Hi everybody, how does Celine Dion do the reduction for the word "FOR" by 0:12 in this video... "just for fun"....sounds too dificult to hear that.... it doesn't like /fər/
All by myself Celine Dion with lyrics - YouTube
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- 26-Nov-2011, 23:07 #2
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Teacher Re: How does she pronounce "for" in this video? To me it sounds like /ffʌn/. if there is a schwa (/ə/) after the first /f/, it is very short
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- 26-Nov-2011, 23:10 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: How does she pronounce "for" in this video? That's funny... to me it sounds like after "just" /əf/ /fʌn/
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