[General] Pronunciation - Immediately?

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Williamyh

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Hi Everybody,

I always hear native speakers who seem to pronounce 'Immediately' as [FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]ɪ ˈmiː[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot] dʒ li[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT], but in the dictionary they teach us to pronounce [FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]ɪ ˈmiːd i‿ət [FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]li[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT], please let me know which one is more common? Thanks.


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Hi Everybody,

I always hear native speakers who seem to pronounce 'Immediately' as [FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]ɪ ˈmiː[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot] dʒ li[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT], but in the dictionary they teach us to pronounce [FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]ɪ ˈmiːd i‿ət [FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]li[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT], please let me know which one is more common? Thanks.
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I say it the second way. Should there be a /[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]ət/[/FONT][/FONT] somewhere in the first?[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot] ɪ ˈmiː[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]ət[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]li[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT] ?
 

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Isn't it an AmE vs Br/AuE kind of problem?
 

Williamyh

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I say it the second way. Should there be a /[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]ət/[/FONT][/FONT] somewhere in the first?[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot] ɪ ˈmiː[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]ət[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]li[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT] ?

Sometimes when I watch the British Episodes /Movies, some british men would pronounce like a "j" sound after [FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot] ɪ ˈmiː[/FONT][/FONT], I wonder if you have heard about that.
 

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Sometimes when I watch the British Episodes /Movies, some british men would pronounce like a "j" sound after [FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot] ɪ ˈmiː[/FONT][/FONT], I wonder if you have heard about that.
Yes, but they'd still have a /t/ sound in it.
 

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Yes, but they'd still have a /t/ sound in it.

Thanks Raymott. Do you know any other country people would pronounce /j/ sound, not only british, right? Also sometimes I can't hear people would pronounce /t/ sound obviously, is it a glottal stop?
 

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Thanks Raymott. Do you know any other country people would pronounce /j/ sound, not only british, right? Also sometimes I can't hear people would pronounce /t/ sound obviously, is it a glottal stop?
Possibly a glottal stop, but more likely an unreleased, unaspirated /t/ before /li/.

The tongue tip is in the same place fot /t/ as for the following /li/, so the /t/ isn't released, and you might not hear it.
 
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