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What did you do today?
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do today?
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So, the word 'today', the first
vowel is always the schwa,
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never make that 'to',
always make that --[tə].
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But the first T can be a flap,
if it links into a word that
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ends with a vowel or diphthong
and that's what I'm doing here,
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I'm making that a flap.
Let me write that a little bit more clearly
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a flap T --
Do today.
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And then this is also a flap.
Because it's a d between two consonants.
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Flap T and flap D sound the same --
Do today
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Do today?
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uh,
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Thinking. Sort of a mix between
Ah as in butter and Ah in father.
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