"acknowledge"

[Odessa Dawn]

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While I was listening to BBC radio, stop voiceless /k/ in the word acknowledge was pronounced as if it were stop voiced /g/. I have checked out some dictionaries and replied:​

Heinle's Newbury House Dictionary of American English
acknowledge verb - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionary Online
Definition of acknowledge (British & World English)
Acknowledge | Define Acknowledge at Dictionary.com

 

[Tdol]

In connected speech, many sounds can change. Dictionary pronunciations are normally given for the word in isolation, with differences among\between the variants.

 

[BobK]

:up: It's convenient to think of nasalization in digital terms (it's either on or off), but in reality it's an analogue thing - the nasal flap works on a continuum between fully open and fully closed; and /n/ (in normal speech, though not in a whisper) is voiced. The speaker of /æk'nɒlɪʤd/ turns on the voicing of the /n/ in a way that can affect the lack of voicing in /k/

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