Assimilation in English

have you ever heard of assimilation in English did you know that it can

dramatically change the sound at the end of a word do you want to know whether

you're using assimilation or not well in this video these are exactly the things

I'm going to help you with.

There are instances where the sound at the end of a word can change pronunciation because

of the sound at the beginning of the next word so for example if you were to

say that's really thought provoking that's really thought provoking can you

notice how the T sound at the end of thought isn't pronounced when those two

words are together thought provoking, thought provoking instead I bring my two

lips together as if to make a second T I don't say two P sounds I'm not saying

that's really thought provoking that's really thought provoking I'm saying

that's really thought provoking instead I hold my lips together there's a little

hesitation to mark that space between two words and then I release my lips at

the beginning of the next word that's really thought provoking and that's

assimilation and the good news is that for many speakers of many languages

assimilation is something that they use quite naturally so you may already be

using this and may never have really realized it now I'm going to give you

some examples of pairs of words that end with the first word ends with a T or a

D and the second word begins with a P or a B and when that happens the sound at

the end of the first word changes to the sound at the beginning of the next word

and if you can think of any more examples of these sorts of pairs that

follow the same pattern then or you have any questions then please post those in

the comments below I'd I'd love to hear them have a go at these

1) a T followed by a P = (T/P)
 thought provoking becomes though(p) provoking
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2) a T followed by a B = (T/B)

 private balcony becomes priva(b) balcony

3) a D followed by a P =(D/P)

 proud parents becomes prou(p) parents

4) a D followed by a B = (D/B)

 added bonus becomes adde(b) bonus

So if you have any questions or you can think of any other pairs of words that follow this same
pattern and please post them in the comments below if you want to find this
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