Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Aren't?
Hi anyone help me?
It's about pronunciation of "aren't."
My Belgian teacher pronounces like "ar rent."
But I think it should be like "arnt."
Am I correct?
Top answer
fcsaravana Am I correct? For people with rhotic accents, yes. For people with non-rhotic accents it is "ahnt" (for me, the same pronunciation as the word "aunt").
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fcsaravanaAm I correct?
For people with rhotic accents, yes. For people with non-rhotic accents it is "ahnt" (for me, the same pronunciation as the word "aunt").
It is possible that some native speakers with a particularly strong rhotic accent, such as certain rural dialects, may pronounce the word in a way that approaches "ar-rent", but I don't recom
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