Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here and welcome back to Speak
Naturally in a Minute from Happy English. I'm here every
week with a quick one point lesson to help you
improve your pronunciation, rhythm and intonation. And if you want
to watch this lesson, just look for Happy English podcast
on YouTube. Today, let's talk about something fun in American English.
Why winter and winter often sound the same. This happens
because of a sound change called the n flap. When
an NT comes between two vowel sounds, the tea often
disappears or becomes a soft flap, something like a quick
D sound. Winter sounds like winter, twenty sounds like twenty.
Plenty sounds like plenty. For example, I don't like winter
weather sounds like I don't like winter weather. We invited
twenty people sounds like we invited twenty people. This isn't slang,
it's just the natural rhythm of American English. Hey, thanks
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