in touch with real speech
In touch with real speech

Extra sound files – Chapter 18.1-3

18.1 Smoothing

really |rɪəlɪ| can be heard as em>rilly |rɪlɪ| || they WERE rilly HAPpy ||
royal |rɔɪl| can be heard as rawl |rɔl| || he STUdied at the rawl aCAdemy ||
time |taɪm| can be heard as taam |tam| || she LOVED her tam in LISbon ||
enjoy |enʤɔɪ| can be heard as enjaw |enʤɔ| || she COULDn’t enjaw his COOKing ||
sound |saund| can be heard as sand |sand| || she couldn’t STAND the sand of his VOICE ||
how are you |hauˈɑːjuː| can be heard as haa you |hɑːˈjuː| || they just SHOUted haa you and ran aWAY ||

18.2 Vow-ell – vocalisation of ‘l’

little |lɪtl| can be heard as littoo |lɪtʊ| || there was VEry littoo LEFT ||
people |pipl| can be heard as people |pipʊ| || LOADS of peopoo turned UP ||
trouble |trʌbl| can be heard as trouboo |trʌbʊ| || NO truboo at ALL ||
school |skuːl| can be heard as skoo |skuːʊ| || LEAVing school was HARD ||

18.3 Polarisks – polarity problems

aren’t possible can be heard as arm possible || they JUST are/arm possible toDAY ||
aren’t treating it |pipl| can be heard as are treating it as |pipʊ| || the poLICE are/aren’t treating it as MURder ||
didn’t know can be heard as did know or din know || he SAID he didn ̮know/did know him at ALL ||
couldn’t manage can be heard as could manage || they SAID they couldn’t manage/could manage it toDAY ||
and like can be heard as em>unlike |lɪtʊ|( || he was TERrible and like/unlike just Awful to be with ||
it isn’t ideal can be heard as it is an ideal || this IS an/n’t iDEAL ||
entirely legal |skuːl| can be heard as entirely illegal || this ACtion is entirely legal/entirely_ilLEgal ||
turn off the heating can be heard as turn on the heating || will you PLEASE turn on/off the HEATing ||