[General] Beckham pronounces "Great" with "K" sound???

[EngFan]

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

 

[konungursvia]

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

 

[DontBanMe]

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

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

 

[EngFan]

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.

 

[DontBanMe]

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. :-(

 

[5jj]

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'.

 

[DontBanMe]

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.

 

[konungursvia]

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/.

 

[5jj]

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'.

 

[EngFan]

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

 

[DontBanMe]

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

Whatever! I don't really care.

 

[BobK]

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

Yes, it's odd. We can dismiss the first one (03.00" about) as a self-edit; I think it's more likely, given the context (though not, maybe, the speaker ;-)) that the offending word was something like 'convention'. But the second slip (at about 23.00") is very strange. Anyway, it's a slip - nothing to worry about.

b

 

[DontBanMe]

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/.

well, I think it's like what BobK said, it's just a slip of the tongue.
So, just pronounce the way it is!

 

[DontBanMe]

Yes, it's odd. We can dismiss the first one (03.00" about) as a self-edit; I think it's more likely, given the context (though not, maybe, the speaker ;-)) that the offending word was something like 'convention'. But the second slip (at about 23.00") is very strange. Anyway, it's a slip - nothing to worry about.

b

Well, I second that. By the way, I'm sorry for what I did. You know what I told to one of the moderator who asked me if I was the banned one in this forum?
I was like, Well, I know I'm in the wrong. Everyone deserve a second chance. Will you please give me a second chance?
You know, I already changed my bad habits. I don't spam posting a same thread anymore. Neither do I use any chatlish sentences. The OLD me is gone and This is the NEW me. So, please accept me for WHO I AM.

 

[BobK]

well, I think it's like what BobK said, it's just a slip of the tongue.

Lest this should put K's nose out of joint (;-)), I think a glottal stop is part of the story; but there's a 'slip of the tongue' as well, which makes Beckham seem to some listeners to be using /k/ instead of /t/ (which he's not).

b

 

[birdeen's call]

I hear a /k/ there, not a glottal stop.