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The Flap
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A flap occurs in three situations.
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) ^" }/ v* }2 V b 1. A flap occurs when a 't' comes between two vowels. The pronunciation of the 't' in these incidences sounds4 y: z7 U3 t6 r; }' C
like a 'd' and is said very quickly.
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; q& G$ C% x. C9 k" C- w Listen to these sound changes. The first word is with proper enunciation, the second word is with the sound changes. Then the word is used in a sentence.2 D/ O( j& l9 m3 N3 t3 l# F, x
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water becomes wader# C2 L( V- f2 V0 i
Do you need some water?
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letter becomes ledder
5 |$ y) R" @8 a) l The letter was in the mailbox. ' \ ~: e0 ~$ Q m8 b
! x% g% v- {7 p7 b: W5 V4 E bottle becomes boddle
" `" z4 _; P- N, m2 ? The bottle broke when it hit the floor.
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butter becomes budder: X( A* E+ I# X0 o A% Y/ ]4 H
The butter melted in the sun. 4 A. L% o2 o7 L4 L) |
% [3 ~ f+ _4 X7 u5 A 2. Flaps also occur when a 'd' comes between two vowels. The 'd' is still pronounced with a d sound, but it is
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the sound. With a flap, the tip of the tongue barely touches the tooth ridge and the 'd' sound is made very
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Listen to these sound changes. The first word is with proper enunciation, the second word is with the sound changes. Then the word is used in a sentence.
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medical She is a medical student.
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The sediment on the river bottom is course sand.
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cadence
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cider This apple cider is great.6 z' k8 `, z% V# r. E# I
spider A spider has eight legs.6 q' C8 Y5 `, j) U
% Z7 T( _: G- W* S M. Q) l2 S 3. The third flap occurs when with linking of the consonant final letter of one word and the vowel letter of the/ l+ V7 R- d& x) [
next. (see section on linking)! S5 i" x: i* x- I) v4 S: t
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Listen to these sound changes. The first phrase is with proper enunciation, the second phrase is with the sound changes. Then the word is used in a sentence.8 G2 }% d8 n: N& Q" J% y9 z$ H( `
8 u& Z: V3 E* M4 L4 w5 D1 @, T/ w 'right away' becomes righ(d) da way( e& ~) U7 ? F ]0 F
I'll get your bags right away sir.
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'what if' becomes whad dif1 ]* S$ @# R! \; m3 Y" L
What if we go to Paris for vacation?! }6 G' w1 v- e1 Z7 ]1 ~+ k
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'might I' becomes migh(d) di " U/ n: |- a' Y( X
Might I suggest a new tie?, t Q4 m; y- w) Y' D" U. b
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) x7 @5 o( H' c' [- _Note: The flap does not occur in some words (what, that) if they are spoken alone, without other words to
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