Pronunciation: How do fluent speakers pronounce 'and'?
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Hi. I'm Tim and this is my Pronunciation Workshop.
Here, I'm going to show you how English is
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really spoken. Come on, let's go inside.
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Hey, look at this: a present. All wrapped up in
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paper. Now, do you know what this is? Well,
if you could smell it, it might give you a clue.
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Is it your old socks?
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Very funny - No. No, it's not my old socks.
It's something much, much nicer. Something
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delicious in fact. Let's ask the people of
London if they can tell what it is, without seeing it.
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Fish and chips.
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Fish and chips.
Fish and chips.
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Fish and chips.
Fish and chips.
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Yes, that's right. It's good old fish and
chips. I'm going to save that for later.
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Now the word 'and' has got three sounds, hasn't
it? /æ/, /n/, /d/ - but listen again.
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How is it pronounced in everyday speech?
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Fish and chips.
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Fish and chips.
Fish and chips.
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Fish and chips.
Fish and chips.
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And is not usually an important word. It's
a basic conjunction and it's frequently unstressed.
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When this happens, the /d/ at the end of the
word disappears before both vowels and consonants,
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and the vowel sound at the beginning of the
word changes to schwa: /ə/, so 'and' becomes
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/ən/ or even /n/ as the sounds are almost
identical. Here are some more examples.
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I'm going to go and get the shopping.
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Apples and oranges are my favourite fruits.
I've been thinking and thinking but I can't
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decide.
We went for a coffee and something to eat.
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Right, so you've heard the examples, and now
it's your turn. You know the drill. Listen
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and repeat.
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I'm going to go and get the shopping.
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Apples and oranges are my favourite fruits.
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I've been thinking and thinking but I can't decide.
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We went for a coffee and something to eat.
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Great work. Remember, if you want to learn
more about pronunciation, then please visit
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our website, bbclearningenglish dot com. And
that is about it from the Pronunciation Workshop
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for now. I'll see you next week. Bye! Now,
there's only one thing to eat with fish 'n'
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chips - and that's salt 'n' vinegar. This
reminds me of one of my favourite jokes: What
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do angry sharks eat? Fish 'n' ships. Get it?
Fish 'n' ships! Oh, I don't know why I bother.
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Ok, now, time to eat. What? What is this?
What is going on? Where's the...? It really
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is fish... and ships! Well that is the last
time I'm telling that joke. This is no laughing
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matter. I'm hungry now...
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