The America Accent Training-------The 50 rules you must know
How American Really Talk
Rule One : Linking Consonant to Vowels
RULE : Link final consonant with first vowel
I.E. In an instant------------In nan nistant I'm an actor----------I'm ma-n actor
Tips : 1. Don't speak faster
2. Stress the key word
3. Don't link between thought group
Rule Two : Linking Consonant to Consonant
RULE : 1. Pronouncing one consonant and prolong it when its two consonant
I.E. : Likes swim------------like-swim Next time------------nex-time
2. Link consonant that have the same point of articulation(D-T G-K V-F)
I.E. : Used to-------------use-to Big kitchen----------bi-kitchen
3. Don't release too much when meet pause
I.E. : Help me-------------helpme
Tip : Don't stop in the mid of sentence
Rule Three : Linking Vowel to Vowel
RULE : 1. Inserting a little "/y/" between two words when next vowel is /i/(/oi/,/ai/,/ei/)
I.E. See it---------see yet
2. Insertikng a little "/w/" between two words when next vowel is /u/(/ou/)
I.E. Who is------------who wis
Rule Four : Reducing Words Part 1-----Prep
RULE : Reducing the vowel of prep to neutral sounds(/ə/)
I.E. as--/əs/; on--/ən/; at--/ət/; or/our--/ər/; and--/n/
Rule Five : Reducing Words Part 2-------pronoun
RULE : Reducing the pron which begining with "h" or "th"
I.E. did he------did-e drive her---------drive-er----------driver
Tip : if the pron is the first word , we never reduce it
Rule Six : Contractions
RULE : Contract aux. to speak more smoothly
I.E. I have-------I-ve I will--------I-ll I would/had---------I-d
Rule Seven : Difficult Contractions
RULE : 1. "Could/Should have" , changing to "could/should-əv"
2. "Could/Should not have" , changing to "could/should-n-əv"
3. "Could/Should you have" , changing to "could/should-you-əv"
Rule Nine : Difficult Words
Common Words : 1. Common slient "b" : bomb-bom ; climb-clim ; debt-det ; subtle-sutle ; doubt-dout
2. Common slient "ch" : yacht-yat ;
3. Common slient "d" : adjust-ajust ; adjective-ajective ;
4. Common slient "l" : walk-wak ; talk-tak ; could/would/should-coud ; half-haf ;
5. Common slient "t" : ballet-balle ; bouquet-bouque ; buffet-buffe ; valet-vale ; chevrolet-chevrole
6. Commonslient "p" : receipt-receit ; psychology-sychology ; psychic-sychic ; cupboard-cuboard ;
7. Common slient"s" : arkansas-arkansa ; illionis-illinoi ; island-iland : debris-debri ;
Rule Ten : Relaxed Speech
RULE : 1. "Have"------"a" , in casual speech .
2. "of"--------"a" , in casual speech .
3. "to"---------"a" , in casual speech .
4. "let me"-----------"lemme" "give me"------------"gimme"
I.E. he gonna make a lotta money we gotta go shopping because we're outta food
lemme introduce you to a frienda mine