Speech Patterns

Source: Lose Your Accent in 28 Days by Judy Ravin

Word Slurs (Relaxed Pronunciation / Informal Speech)

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Want to wn

Going to n

Can you knj

Dont know dno

What do you wdj

What are you wdrj

Got to r

Has to hzt

Have to hvt

Cant you knd

Wont you wond

Dont you dond

Used to just

Supposed to spozd t

Did you dd

Did your ddr

Let me lemi

Give me mi

Or r

For fr
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/C/ - t - s; t = silent

Respects rspeks

Conducts kndks

Experiments kspermns

Tests tes

Acts ks

Lifts lfs

Lists ls

Feasts fis

Facts fks

/V/ - t - /V/; t = /d/, /r/

Water wdr wrr

Liter lidr lirr

Hotter hdr hrr

Metal medl merl

Pretty prdi prri

Atoms dmz rmz

Better bedr berr

Heated hidd hird

Beautiful bjudfl bjurfl

Ate it edt ert

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r - t /V/; t = /d/, /r/

Parted prdd prd

Carter krdr krr

Hearted hrdd hrd

Forty frdi fri

/V/ - t - l; t = /d/, /r/

Bottle bdl brl

Cattle kdl krl

Prattle prdl prrl

Little ldl lrl

Itll dl rl

/V/ - t - s; t = Glottal Stop

Whats wt s

Its t s

Regrets rret s

Habits hbt s

Thats t s

Forgets fret s

Cats kt s

Hits ht s
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n - t - /V/ - n; t = Glottal Stop

Fountain fantn

Mountain mantn

Clinton klntn

Sentence sentns

/V/ - x - /C/; x = /ks/

Explore ksplr

Excellent ekslnt

Expert eksprt

Extradite ekstrdat

Exciting ksat

Exclaim ksklem

/V/ - x - /V/; x = /gz/

exam zm

exhibit zbt

exist zst

exit ezt

example zmpl

exhaust zst
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he, hi, her, his, have, .; h = silent

was he wzi

would he wdi

can he kni

if he fi

give him vm

let him ledm lerm

of him vm

ask him skm

remind him rmandm

whats her wtsr

wheres her wersr

send her sendr

for her frr

bet her betr

thats his t sz

whats his wt sz

is his zz

has his hzz

could have kdv

couldnt have kdn nv

should have dv

shouldnt have dn nv

would have wdv

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wouldnt have wdn nv

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might have matv

might not have mat nt v

him = / m / ; them / em / ( h/th = silent )

Give him the disk vm dsk

Give them the disk vem dsk

Tell him I called telm a kld

Tell them I called telem a kld

Ask him to come over skm t km ovr

Ask them to come over skem t km ovr

Let him speak letm spik lerm spik

Let them speak letem spik lerem spik

and ; and = / n / , / n /

Cream and sugar krim n r

Back and forth bk n fr

Rich and famous rt n fems

Now and then na n en

Boys and girls bz n rlz

Rock and roll rk n rol

Up-and-coming p n km

You and me ju n mi
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Night and day nat n de

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Up and down p n dan

Black and white blk n wat

Right and wrong rat n r

Left and right left n rat

More and more mr n mr

Time and again tam n en

/-Vs/ - s; s = /s/

Laughs lfs

Bikes baks

Caps kps

Carts krts

Months mns

/+Vs/ - s; s = /z/

Cabs kbz

Seeds sidz

Bugs bz

Halves hvz

Times tamz

Plans plnz

Rings rz
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Blows bloz
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/s/, /z/, //, /t/, //, /d/, - es; es = /z/

Classes klsz

Lunches lntz

Washes wz

Garages rz

Languages lwdz

RV /-Vs/ - ed; ed = /t/

Developed dvelpt

Laughed lft

Thanked kt

Crossed krst

Cashed kt

Pitched ptt

RV /+Vs/ - ed; ed = /d/

Robbed rbd

Banged bd

Bagged bd

Managed mndd

Called kld

Charmed trmd
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Rained rend
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Poured prd

Lived lvd

Used juzd

Massaged msd

RV t / d - ed; ed = /d/

Devoted dvotd

Greeted ritd

Accepted kseptd

Decided dsadd

Provided prvadd

Attended tendd

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