Connected speech

[Rachel Adams]

Hello

Why in the phrase ''nice to meet you!'' the 't' can hardly be heard? Is it an example of connected speech?

 

[Rachel Adams]

Which t do you mean? There are two.

The t before 'you'.

 

[Rachel Adams]

The sound at the end of 'meet' varies considerably from speaker to speaker. In BrE:

some speakers have a very clear stopped /t/;
others may produce a more muted stopped /t/;
an increasing number of speakers produce a glottal stop rather than a /t/;
some will run the /t/ of meet and the /j/ of you together, producing anything between /tj/ and /tʃ/.

Thank you, Piscean. I heard the unusual (for me unusual) pronunciation in this video. It is from the book English File. It is at 1:06. When the girl says 'nice to meet you.'

 

[GoesStation]

When I say Pleased to meet you, the last two words sound almost the same as me chew.

 

[Rachel Adams]

You forgot to give the link.

Oh! I copied the link but didn't paste it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCy4YDZBTME&t=403s

 

[GoesStation]

Hello

Why in the phrase ''nice to meet you!'' the 't' can hardly be heard? Is it an example of connected speech?

Oh! I copied the link but didn't paste it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCy4YDZBTME&t=403s

The t in "meet you" is reduced to a stop. This is common in many British accents. It's still plainly perceptible as a /t/ phoneme to my ears but I can imagine it could be confusing for a learner.

 

[tzfujimino]

https://pronunciationstudio.com/glottal-stop-pronunciation-guide/

I hope it helps.

 

[Rachel Adams]

Which t do you mean? There are two.

I thought it is the indirect word order and 'can' should be placed after 'the t'. :S