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The Flap
A flap occurs in three situations.
1. A flap occurs when a 't'
comes between two vowels. The pronunciation of
the 't'
in
these incidences sounds like a 'd' and is said 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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water becomes wader |
Do you need some
water? |
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letter becomes ledder |
The
letter was in the mailbox. |
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bottle becomes boddle
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The
bottle broke when it hit the
floor. |
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butter becomes budder |
The
butter melted in the sun. |
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2. Flaps also occur when a 'd' comes between two vowels. The
'd' is still
pronounced with a d sound, but it is said very quickly.
In the normal
pronunciation of the d sound the tip of
the tongue is placed on the tooth
ridge (the area where the top
front teeth meet the top of the mouth)
before the expiration of air to produce
the
sound. With a
flap, the tip of the
tongue barely touches the tooth ridge and the 'd'
sound is made very
quickly.
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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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sediment
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The
sediment on the river bottom
is course sand.
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cadence
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Drums keep the
cadence in a
marching band.
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cider
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This apple
cider is great. |
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spider |
A
spider has eight legs. |
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3. The third flap occurs when
with linking of the consonant final letter of one
word
and
the vowel letter of the next. (see section on linking) |
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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. |
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'right
away' becomes righ(d) da way |
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I'll get your bags right away sir. |
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'what if'
becomes whad dif |
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What if we go to Paris for vacation? |
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'sent it'
becomes sen(d) dit |
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I sent it last week. |
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'might I'
becomes migh(d) di
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Might I suggest a new tie? |
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Note: The flap does not occur in some words (what, that) if they are
spoken alone,
without other words to link to. |
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