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Tue 30 Apr, 2013 10:35 pm
That is, want here is only pronounced as /wɔn/ when it is closely followed by "to be.
Context:
They want to be known simply as “followers of Jesus.” They are far more concerned about the plight of Haitians than the age of the earth. They want to talk about social justice, not the parameters of biblical inspiration.
@InfraBlue,
Besides, I feel hard to pronounce "not the (parameters)." Is "not the" read as /nɔ ðə/?
No one would like to offer an answer?
it's not so much /w(schwa)n/ as it is /wan/ when pronounced without specially emphasizing it.
@oristarA,
Americans say "wanna be".
And even in British English, only someone speaking very slowly and deliberately would clearly separate the two "t"s in "want to be".
We usually only say "wannabe" when we're talking about wannabes. When we say "want to be" there's more of a "t" in there, though not a really heavy-duty one.
@InfraBlue,
InfraBlue wrote:
oristarA wrote:
Besides, I feel hard to pronounce "not the (parameters)." Is "not the" read as /nɔ ðə/?
Yep.
I should be more specific. There's a glottal stop ⟨ʔ⟩ used in the pronunciation of not: /nɔʔ/, so it would be pronounced /nɔʔ ðə/.
Which one of you attracted the
conservative hysteria tag?
Probably McTag.
@JTT,
Sometimes conservative, never hysterical, I remain, dear sir, at your service.
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