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SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

About the word linking of "turn of a player"

Should "batting turn of a cricket player" be pronounced as "batting turn-of a cricket player" or "batting turn of-a-cricket player"?

Context:
innings
  • n.

    • the batting turn of a cricket player or team
  

Top answer

I don't see how your hyphens alter the pronunciation of the phrase.

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I don't see how your hyphens alter the pronunciation of the phrase.
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Would you like to record it and upload your recording so that I could have a better grasp of what you've said here?
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SweetFreedombatting turn of a cricket player
BAT-ting turn of-a CRIC-ket play-er

Stress levels: 1 ABCDE 2 ABCDE 3 abcde 4 abcde

CJ
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Thanks.
BAT-ting turn of-a CRIC-ket play-er

This?
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Whoa, the recording's lost:

BAT-ting turn of-a CRIC-ket play-er

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Less staccato; more legato.
Connect syllables rather than pronounce them separately.
BATtingturnofaCRICketplayer
Then you'll have it.
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Would you like to upload your recording, so that I could learn better and more from you?
Karen's voice is splendid. But she's in holidays.

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SweetFreedomupload your recording
I never upgraded my old computer to allow recording so I can't help you there.

Whatever you're doing has made it worse, though, so maybe you should go back to the way you were saying it earlier.

CJ
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Thanks.
Knowing it was worse is fat better to self-deception.
But I need to know where are the problems.
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SweetFreedom Thanks. Knowing it was worse is far better than self-deception. But I need to know where are the problems are.
You ask where the problems are, but the problems aren't in any particular place, not in any particular word in your phr