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As it has already been mentioned vowel reduction often
results in regular consonant clusters like [tr], [fr], [pl], [kl] typical
for the English sound system. Cf. tram, try, tree and interesting,
aft(e)r all; please, play and p(o)litical; clay, cloud, circle and
collective; friend, from and diff(e)rence.
Alongside with regular clusters in informal careless speech
we find phonetic facts which seem impossible for the English
pronunciations namely consonant sequences [tsn], [tsk], [tsp] and
others.
Spelling Formal Informal
it's not exact its 'nɒt ig'zækt ts 'nɒt ig'zækt
it's close to its 'klзus tə ts 'klзus tə
it's perhaps you its pəhæps 'ju: ts pəhæps 'ju:
The consonants are also markedly different in informal
conversational style according to their place of articulation. Word
final consonants [t], [d], [n], sometimes [m], [s], [z] immediately
followed by a velar or labial consonant undergo a sort of
adaptation.
Spelling Formal Informal
great burden 'greit bз:dn 'greip bз:dn
that man 'ðæt 'mæn 'ðæp 'mæn
American а'mеriкən ə'mеriкən
government 'gʌvnmənt 'gʌv(ə)mənt
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