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 (DIR) Post #9wfdWrWG9iLgc9qLIW by futzle@mastodon.social
       2020-07-02T08:07:03Z
       
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       Thread: shifts in English pronunciation among Millennials and youngerI’ve met a few adult people, 35 and younger, who all have a peculiar vocal trait. Their consonant pronunciation is unusually lax.
       
 (DIR) Post #9wfdWsQykpidS4Ndho by futzle@mastodon.social
       2020-07-02T08:16:17Z
       
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       They’ll pronounce the voiced plosives /b d g/ more like [β ð Ɣ]. Unvoiced plosives /p t k/ often aren’t aspirated.
       
 (DIR) Post #9wfdWt8a8ib5dImSfY by twiddlekins@mastodon.social
       2020-07-02T08:48:53Z
       
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       @futzle for people who have nfi about ipa what noises are those?
       
 (DIR) Post #9wfdWu4ieZ6MXbytHs by futzle@mastodon.social
       2020-07-02T08:58:09Z
       
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       @twiddlekins b–d–g are like it says on the tin. β–ð–ɣ are made at the same points as the regular consonants (respectively, lips–alveolar ridge–velum) but the air never fully stops. β is like v but only with your lips, no upper teeth; ð is the sound in “the”; ɣ is like a drunk g.
       
 (DIR) Post #9wfdWuzRFgTJNWWBhA by virtualwolf@mastodon.art
       2020-07-02T09:00:14Z
       
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       @futzle @twiddlekins I'm still incapable of converting that description into actual sounds in my head, haha.