Is there anything wrong with my pronounication of these 3 sentences?

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mor88

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Hi everyone,

I have these 3 sentences, where I want to see if you think they are pronounced correctly or not?


1. "Don't think about it."
Here I seem to link "about it" and pronounce "it" as "dit" rather than "tit". Is this normal?


2. "How 'bout you?"
Here I seem to link "bout you" and pronounce "bout you" as "bou d'you" instead of "bou cho". Is this normal?


Here is the audio.
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/vt2p4oimuilzyb9/New_Recording_35.m4a

3. "Again? Weren't you just complaining that it's too expensive to eat out? Not when you're hungry" -
I seem to pronounce "weren't you" as "weren d'you" and "you're" as "d'you're" by instinct...


Does it seem odd to anyone? :/


http://www.mediafire.com/listen/vw161w7oywwuhhy/New_Recording_37.m4a



Thanks guys!
 

Raymott

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This is what I picked up.
In the first, you've dropped the 't' in "don't"
In the second, you do insert a strange 't' or 'd' in "Not whent you're hungry".
 

tzfujimino

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I agree with Raymott.

I hear [ð] sound in "... eat out ...".
It sounds like [iːð aʊt] to me - it sounds like 'breathe out' without pronouncing the "br".
 
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