Ben Franklin - Common Reductions 🗣

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for you to come talk--
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The word 'for', we have a reduction there 
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it becomes schwa R -- For, for. 
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The word 'you', I don't think it reduces to the schwa 'ya', 
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I think it's still you 'you' -- You, you, you, you. 
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But it said very quickly. The word 'to' -- 
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For you to come, for you to come. That does reduce. 
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'for you to' flap T schwa -- For you to come, 
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and the word 'come' also not stressed because 
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the verb 'talk' is stressed -- for you to come, 
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See if you can do that right now. You don't need to move your lips much, 
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your jaw much --
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for you to come, 
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Just try to really simplify everything there so you can make those words so fast -- 
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For you to come talk. So we really have that contrast with talk  
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which has a true T and a silent L. Talk
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