Is the word plenty pronounced like "plendi" in AmE?

[royal999]

Hello!

1- Longman Pronunciation Dictionary - 3rd Edition writes ˈplent̬ i as the better American pronunciation for the word plenty.

2- But many audio samples from other American or American version of dictionaries sound like "plenti".
Webster
Random House Dictionary
American Heritage
Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
(I have used their free online version)

3- some sound like "plendi": like:
Macmillan English Dictionary (American English)
Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
(I have used their free online version)

4- I ask this because Longman Pronunciation Dictionary is a specialized dictionary both for BrE and AmE and an error for such a famous word is very improbable.

5- I know that in AmE, part is pronounced like "part", but "party" is more like "pardi". I know that Longman Pronunciation Dictionary knows such rules.

6- Do not pay attention to the italic t in the ˈplent̬ i.


So, is "plendi" incorrect, acceptable or better (i.e. used more in AmE)?

Thanks.

[SlickVic9000]

(Not a Teacher)

I can't speak for BrE, but 'plendi' doesn't sound right at all. Maybe 'plenny' if your talking fast, but the 'd' sound after an 'n' is very conspicuous. If you're in the States, please use a hard 't'.

[SoothingDave]

I would not ever insert a "d" sound in this word. In common speech, the "t" would basically disappear and you would hear "plenny."

Same thing with the word "twenty." The way I say it is like "twunny."

This will vary by region in AmE, of course. If I was speaking formally, I would enunciate the "t."

[Tdol]

I think the same's true of BrE- you'll hear the /t/ dropped.

[5jj]

Not a speaker of AmE

The LPD uses the symbol for the alveolar tap, usually voiced, for plenty and twenty, not /d/, the voiced alveolar (sometimes dental). plosive. Could it be that in General American, the variety that the LPD records, the consonant we are talking about is more dental/voiced than the /t/ of, for example, tea - assuming it is not omitted altogether?

[royal999]

I think the same's true of BrE- you'll hear the /t/ dropped.

Yes,

LPD

writes:

A casual-speech form ˈplen i is also heard in British English.

[royal999]

Not a speaker of AmE

The LPD uses the symbol for the alveolar tap, usually voiced, for plenty and twenty, not /d/, the voiced alveolar (sometimes dental). plosive. Could it be that in General American, the variety that the LPD records, the consonant we are talking about is more dental/voiced than the /t/ of, for example, tea - assuming it is not omitted altogether?

I can't understand your text clearly.

[Barb_D]

Plenny or plenty, but never plendy.

Just like, as said above, twenny or twenty, but never twendy.

[5jj]

Plenny or plenty, but never plendy.

LPD did not claim it was 'plendy'. The transcription was with an alveolar tap rather than a plosive. My contact with Americans suggests that many use something like a tap. It's not the full /t/, but the consonant is not dropped altogether. The tap is so brief that the preceding nasal and following vowel mean that the sound is (partly at least) voiced.

[Barb_D]

Sorry, I was replying to the very first post. I have to confess that my study of phoenetics was so long ago I am unable to either refute or confirm just about any statement about tapped sounds - unless it's a keg!