lolowiec
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Hello everyone!
I'd like to ask a few questions about my pronunciation. In general, I'd like to speak American English. However, I think I struggle with it a little bit. When I was in school, unfortunately, I was taught to pronounce words in an Elizabethan manner;-) After a couple of years, I decided to learn American pronunciation, however, I still have a few problems.
The 1ts issue
My /r/ sound isn't very good, I think. When I am to pronounce a word that contains just one r, it's not a problem; the problem is when there are two or more r's in a single word. AmE is said to be rhotic, so I should pronounce the r's, however, I'm afraid some of my pronunciations don't sound well (words like 'recorder', 'rarer', etc.). I can theoretically skip those sounds, like in RP, but I'm afraid that I won't be understood or I will sound even funnier.
The 2nd issue
Another issue is replacing the /ɔː/ with the /a:/ sound, like in 'bought' or 'ought'. I'm not sure if my long 'a' is correct in such words, especially that I'm still used to pronounce some words with the long /ɔː/, not /a:/.
The phonetic transcription says the /a:/ sound in words like 'got', 'not', or 'ought' has to be pronounced as a long vowel, but I didn't notice the "length" of this phoneme; in my opinion, it's rather a short vowel, not a long one.
The 3rd issue
I'm not sure if my American /t/ is correct. I don't know why, but the IPA doesn't distinguish the "standard" t and the American t; in my opinion, these are two completely different sounds.
I have decided to record a short audio file: https://vocaroo.com/15mVZNZ6EuPg Here, you can listen to my pronunciations of some words that are problematic to me. Every word from the 1st and the 2nd group is pronounced in two ways; the British and the American one. I'd like you to evaluate them and say which variants are better. The last group contains just individual words with the American /t/.
If you had any comments on my phonetics and you'd like to advise me, I'd be very glad.
I'd like to ask a few questions about my pronunciation. In general, I'd like to speak American English. However, I think I struggle with it a little bit. When I was in school, unfortunately, I was taught to pronounce words in an Elizabethan manner;-) After a couple of years, I decided to learn American pronunciation, however, I still have a few problems.
The 1ts issue
My /r/ sound isn't very good, I think. When I am to pronounce a word that contains just one r, it's not a problem; the problem is when there are two or more r's in a single word. AmE is said to be rhotic, so I should pronounce the r's, however, I'm afraid some of my pronunciations don't sound well (words like 'recorder', 'rarer', etc.). I can theoretically skip those sounds, like in RP, but I'm afraid that I won't be understood or I will sound even funnier.
The 2nd issue
Another issue is replacing the /ɔː/ with the /a:/ sound, like in 'bought' or 'ought'. I'm not sure if my long 'a' is correct in such words, especially that I'm still used to pronounce some words with the long /ɔː/, not /a:/.
The phonetic transcription says the /a:/ sound in words like 'got', 'not', or 'ought' has to be pronounced as a long vowel, but I didn't notice the "length" of this phoneme; in my opinion, it's rather a short vowel, not a long one.
The 3rd issue
I'm not sure if my American /t/ is correct. I don't know why, but the IPA doesn't distinguish the "standard" t and the American t; in my opinion, these are two completely different sounds.
I have decided to record a short audio file: https://vocaroo.com/15mVZNZ6EuPg Here, you can listen to my pronunciations of some words that are problematic to me. Every word from the 1st and the 2nd group is pronounced in two ways; the British and the American one. I'd like you to evaluate them and say which variants are better. The last group contains just individual words with the American /t/.
If you had any comments on my phonetics and you'd like to advise me, I'd be very glad.