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Out
And this word doesn't reduce.
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We have the OW diphthong
[aʊ]
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and the T consonant -- Out,
out
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And just like P, T is a stop consonant.
We don't usually release it
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if it comes at the end of a
thought group, or if the next
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word begins with a consonant.
Let's look at some examples.
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'Watch out' --
end of the phrase,
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an unreleased T --
Watch out.
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I cut off the air, so it's
not 'watch out, watch out'.
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That would just sound like there's
no T, but with an abrupt stop:
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Watch out without the falling intonation,
it sounds like a t to us. watch out.
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