How the tt in written is pronounced?
I heard it like a glotal stop
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How the tt in written is pronounced?
I heard it like a glotal stop
It is pronounced as a single 't'; as in 'hit', 'bit', and 'sit'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Over the top
The pronunciation varies from person to person and from dialect to dialect.
The best way to learn how "written" (or any word for that matter) is pronounced, is to listen for yourself. A lot of dictionaries come with a CD-ROM, which provide ample oppurtunity to listen to both the British and American pronunciation of a particular word.
Add a nasal release to Amigo4's suggestion. That's what you hear in American English.
That is true of 'written', when the /t/ can be followed directly by the nasal/n/ in some varieties of English, but it is not true when /t/ is followed by other sounds, or when a schwa (or other vowel) sound is produced between /t/ and /n/.Quote:
Originally Posted by raindoctor
Well, it is a complex phonological environment.
This is what I wrote on englishforums for a similar question.
In the following cases, the first V is stressed.
1. VtVn, t is nasally released.(cf. button, mutton, glutton, Manhattan, written, beaten, Clayton, etc)
2. VntVn, t is nasally released (cf. Trenton, NJ; Scranton, NJ; Mountain View, CA; sentence, etc). The first V is nasalized. 3. Vrtn, t is nasally released (certain, Morton, hearten, Dumbarton bridge, Wharton school, Barton, etc)
4. Vltn: in some words, t is nasally released; in some others, it is not.
4a. No nasal release, instead there is a schwa between t and n in these words: Hilton, Milton, Dalton, Elton, Shelton, CT, Bolton, Dolton, IL, etc. MW transcribes Dalton with a nasal release, but when you hear the Dalton's sound file there, it is not nasally released. However, LPD transcribes with a nasal release and the sound file matches with it.
4b. Nasal release in these words: Walton (from MW), sultan, etc.
How about words like gluttony? Here, you see sonorant gemination. gluttony = glutton (pattern 1) + nee
What you wrote may be true some speakers of AmE, but is not true of all Americans I have met.
My 3rd edition transcribes it as: t ənQuote:
Originally Posted by raindoctor
Should that not be glutton + ee?Quote:
gluttony = glutton (pattern 1) + nee