Connected speech!
Update: 2025-07-13
Description
In this episode we explore the topic of connected speech. Learning about this will help you so much with your listening, when people speak quickly!
We tend to connect words when a word ends in a consonant and the next word starts in a vowel (Put it - putit).
Also, when one word ends in a vowel and the next word starts in a vowel. In some cases we add a W or Y sound (I agree - iyagree, go out - gowout)
And when a sound is repeated like big game, nice smile. (Nismile)
We also have elision where consonants in clusters are sometimes omitted, for example with interested.
There are so many tips in this live I think this is one to listen to all the way through!
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