How do native speakers say this?!

Posted by Zahra on March 12, 2011

Hi dear friends,

 

The other night, I and my friends were practicing talking in English. I asked "what about you?". One of my friends told me that that's pronounced another way. But I disagreed since I was sure about it due to my teacher's sayings. 

The way my friend said it was as if she is not pronouncing 't' at all.

But I insisted that 't' sound when followed by 'ju:' sound [y], is pronounced sorta like 'tʃ' [ch]. Anyway, I guess she didn't accept.

 

Now that I am back to my computer, I checked for the way we should pronounce that sentence. I came across a very interesting site.

How to prounounce. 

You can enter the word or phrase you like to hear and it says it for you when you move your cursor on it.

It's a very interesting and useful site, I guess. What do you think?

Please share such subtle pronunciation rules used by native speakers.

So now let's practice the point I mentioned. How abouT You?

 

 

 

PS- Please correct me in case you see any mistakes.I am not a native speaker, anyway!! Maybe British accent and American accent in this case is different. I doubt!

 

 

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  • Nadira June 22, 2011 16:50

    Dear Zahra

    Cannot hear  the  recording

    I will give  it a try and see how it goes.

     

    • Zahra > Nadira June 23, 2011 10:33

      Thanks dear Nadira for the reply.

      Well, I myself couldn't open it now! But I think at that time, when I added this discussion, I've checked it and it worked ! I don't know what's the problem.

      Anyway, I think I've said nothing special; just the point I mentioned in the discussion;

      and you can listen to the pronunciation I meant through the link I've provided.

      Anyway, thanks,

      Have a nice time

      :) 

  • Nafis March 13, 2011 2:55

    Dear Zahra, as far as I know, in formal situation, they pronunce it the way they write. But, if they want to say it informally, they pronunce it as "CH" sound. I never heard someone in official places says how abouch ya? And I asked once an English native speaker about this kind of pronunciation, he told me that I shouldn't be so concerned about it and better to learn the formal way of saying it.

    Thanks a lot for the site. It's really useful!

    • Zahra > Nafis March 13, 2011 18:46

      Dear Nafis, 

      Thanks a lot for the info. You are right. The pronunciation I mentioned is informal. First important thing is to know the usual kind of speech. You are so true.

      Thanks dear

      :)

    • Nafis > Zahra March 14, 2011 12:47
      You are more than welcome dear Zahra.
  • Hani March 12, 2011 21:17

     hello dearest Zahra ..:)

    u r right ,that is really useful site , i must thank you more than 1 ;)) Thanksssss jan ,keep it up .

    • Zahra > Hani March 13, 2011 18:44

      Thank you dear.

      :)

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