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Languages and Linguistics

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1. This is a super-specialized view of how we pronounce those particular articles . . .

Tue Jul 23, 2024, 02:52 PM

Jul 2024

. . .that most of us have never thought about.

Thank you for shedding some light on this mostly hidden topic!

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Pronunciation of articles in English [View all] Lionel Mandrake Jul 2024 OP

Yes..."the" apple, but "th'" table Glorfindel Jul 2024 #2

We reduce vowels in about the same way. Igel Jul 2024 #3