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Month: June 2022

nɒk ˈklɪə

23 June, 202223 June, 2022 rodrigo

Nice assimilation from /t/ to /k/ bagged this morning on BBC3…

sound_loud_speaker It’s not clear, slightly annoyingly, which came first, whether it was the song or the concerto for Mozart (Georgia Mann, BBC3).

To learn more about assimilation click here:

Introduction to assimilation

Cheers,

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