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britdam007

britdam007

India

Dear Teacher Amy,


   I have gone through a tutorial on word connections and liaison on the internet and I found it  interesting and helpful indeed. I have a question for you regarding the same. Say the compound noun “Social-worker”. The final sound of the word “Social” [L] and the initial sound of the word “worker” [W] – can they be contracted or reduced by any chance? Also regarding the word pair “Third-world” – the final sound of the word “third” is [d] and the initial sound of the word “world” is [w], but while pronouncing there does exist a friction between the final and the initial sound. I’d like to know how to smoothen the friction that exists while pronouncinf the above-mentioned word pairs?



Best regards,


Abhishek



07:06 AM Oct 07 2014 |

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britdam007

britdam007

India

I think the duration of the pause should simply be less than a second, right?



Best regards,


Abhishek

05:36 PM Oct 18 2014 |

Teacher AmySuper Member!

United States

That’s correct. The pause is so short it’s difficult to even detect!


Best,


Amy

06:13 PM Oct 18 2014 |