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Updated on
30 Nov 2022
- Vietnamese
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English (US)
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Nepali
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English (UK)
Question about English (US)
Does this sound natural ?
diet
Does this sound natural ?
diet
diet
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- English (US)
- Hindi Near fluent
You should pronounce the 't' a little more clearly.
- English (US)
I agree with the above. While a stop T is not uncommon here, yours sounded closer an N. Similar to "dying"
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- Vietnamese
- English (US)
- Hindi Near fluent
- English (US)
@tvminhdat1010 Yup, much better. That's a clear T sound and it would be understood by anyone.
I think you mentioned at one point that your language uses glottal stops. That's all a stop T is. So it shouldn't take you long to master that if you choose.
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- English (US)
@tvminhdat1010 Your vowel is good, a long i. The native speaker in the recording is using a stop T, but the vowel is identical to yours.
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- English (US)
- Hindi Near fluent
@tvminhdat1010
I see, pronunciation of 'diet' without 't' , makes it sound like a different word, so, 't' is a must. English can be a bit weird, I guess.😅

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