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Hi there. Here I have a list of random sentences. I'd like you make a voice recording speaking slowly. I'd hear very well the contracctions like "I'll, you'll, etc". If it is possible I'd like you leave 5 seconds after read a sentence. Thanks in advance.
I'll take my opportunities.
Hopefully he'll respond soon.
She'll be happy to help you.
It'll be fun.
They'll let you know!
I hope we'll both get it at some point!
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I discovered that when I speak at normal speed, I pronounce the vowels in the contractions differently from how I pronounce them at slow speed. It was very difficult to reproduce that change when I recorded at slow speed. So I made you three sets on one clip:
A. Slow speed. I tried to say the contractions the way they sound in natural speech, but I'm not sure I reached that goal.
B. Normal speed. So you could hear how the contractions REALLY sound in normal speech. Notice that "They'll let" slides together, so there is only one L-sound.
C. Super slow. I pronounced the contractions the way we learned them, the way we THINK we say them. But in normal conversation, as I said, the vowel sound in the contractions changes to something different.