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The Flap6 f0 z% n8 V: N8 x2 O% c; L) C
# D$ H0 |1 l+ j1 o$ M& xA flap occurs in three situations.
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1. A flap occurs when a 't' comes between two vowels. The pronunciation of the 't' in these incidences sounds
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Listen to these sound changes. The first word is with proper enunciation, the second word is with the sound changes. Then the word is used in a sentence.& v# ]( b. z# v; d* S! G
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1 e& s' `6 V# J( f9 [1 ] water becomes wader
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letter becomes ledder
6 x- h& ]; s. r+ U8 b+ C' T- j+ m The letter was in the mailbox.
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bottle becomes boddle
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butter becomes budder
1 g' r: U6 w, u The butter melted in the sun.
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2. Flaps also occur when a 'd' comes between two vowels. The 'd' is still pronounced with a d sound, but it is
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ridge (the area where the top front teeth meet the top of the mouth) before the expiration of air to produce3 k: r5 n4 F; `/ u, P F
the sound. With a flap, the tip of the tongue barely touches the tooth ridge and the 'd' sound is made very! X! {7 s5 n% F
quickly.
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: |! W, g% S" j4 H% V Listen to these sound changes. The first word is with proper enunciation, the second word is with the sound changes. Then the word is used in a sentence.
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4 s" C* [4 x- q3 K+ y medical She is a medical student.
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cadence + W; _6 N- A2 t0 U, a7 ?
Drums keep the cadence in a marching band.
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cider This apple cider is great.
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3. The third flap occurs when with linking of the consonant final letter of one word and the vowel letter of the( X) w% W5 n+ |: U
next. (see section on linking)
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2 I8 b+ l5 Z, ]& l" Y! u. X 'right away' becomes righ(d) da way/ Z6 l5 J7 Z% m0 M
I'll get your bags right away sir.( I4 H) Z s, m4 E/ o$ J
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. ?6 |; j5 o$ d! Z8 U- Z. s4 D 'what if' becomes whad dif
+ I& @0 z( G% }2 m, D% c What if we go to Paris for vacation?
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4 M$ f) N0 F0 C0 _( A/ b M+ ZNote: The flap does not occur in some words (what, that) if they are spoken alone, without other words to
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