Pronunciation

“These are the good ones”

In the above sentence I would like to know the reduced pronunciation of the auxiliary verb ‘are’ in American English. For example in British English, the helping verb ‘are’ changes into a mere schwa sound (i.e. the inverted e symbol) in fluent speech. So what it is like in  the U.S English? Please advise?

Best regards,

Abhishek

In British English it really does change ! But in American English it is still audible as the Americans tend to roll their ‘r’ a lot and it is a rhotic accent. Anyway in American English too the auxiliary verb reduces to a schwa sound but since the Americans roll or overpronounce the ‘r’ it is still audible in fluent speech. What do you think?

Best regards,

Abhishek

I agree with you completely Teacher Amy. As a matter of fact, regarding pronunciation  I always follow the Oxford’s dictionary. But the other day I bought Webster’s dictionary to learn American Pronunciation of a couple of words like ‘Shirt” , ‘preserve’ , ‘reserve’. etc. I found out that the pronunciation of Shirt[British] was /ʃɜːt/ and the Shirt[American] was ʃərt ; that is to say the long vowel sound ɜː is simply replaced by ər for the sake of ‘effortless pronunciation’! Now this was unexpected to me because I couldn’t even imagine that even some of the vowel sounds could change in American pronunciation! But anyway, now that I have the Webser’s with me I can go back to it anytime if I have a doubt regarding American accent. And also thanks a million to you for your prompt response Teacher Amy. You have a wonderful day!

Best regards,

Abhishek