ah good morning agent whatever your name
is
in today’s double-o training you’ll be
learning some advanced pronunciation
techniques which could make anyone’s
accent like completely British or
whatever these are very advanced
pronunciation techniques and as so could
make spies hide in plain sight with
perfect British accents for this reason
this pronunciation training is for
British eyes only please take a seat
today you’ll be learning these skills
intrusion elision assimilation and
catenation they do sound sexy but
believe me in the wrong hands they are
quite dangerous intrusion secret sounds
will intrude into British sentences
between words these sounds or phonemes
are yeah work and run for example I
can’t thank you enough to the NOC
British air this might sound fine but to
the trained British air you might notice
this isn’t 100% natural listen again I
can’t thank you enough did you hear the
gap between the words you and enough
intrusion will add a worth sound between
you and enough this is because at the
end of the word you the mouth shape is
like ooh and we linked the two words
together with a consonant sound which
closely matches the mouth shape in this
case ooh is similar to work so it sounds
like this you enough you enough I can’t
thank you enough another example of
intrusion would be I go out between the
words go and
again a worse sound would intrude go out
go out I go out there are of course
other examples there are of course other
examples see i intruded an hour sound in
that sentence without you even knowing
it that’s how dangerous it is now
traditionally as you know British
English doesn’t pronounce the R at the
end of words we would say they’re not
there however when the next word begins
with a vowel sound we do in this case
pronounce the R to link the two words
together there are of course other
examples now I’d like to hear you repeat
after me there are of course other
examples and finally I also mentioned
that a yet
sound can also intrude I also between
those two words a yeah sound will
intrude
why because I ends in an e sound
the closest consonant sound to this is a
year so I also doesn’t sound right
but with intrusion I also sounds
dangerously British again the next word
begins with a vowel sound and you’ll
start to notice a pattern we only
intrude sounds when the next word begins
with a vowel sound good now complete the
training and practice with me intrusion
with work I need to eat I need to eat go
on and do it go on and do it yeah
intrusion I agree I agree three of them
are spies three of them are spies
intrusion are you a doctor or a nurse
are you a doctor or a nurse I saw a
lobster
I saw a lobster the next pronunciation
technique is called catenation and if
the Russians ever learn
this it will be the end of the world
cats a nation is when the final
consonant sound of one word sounds like
it begins the next word so for example
this afternoon the final consonant sound
s from this joins the next word to sound
like a afternoon and together it sounds
like this afternoon the first syllable
is reduced to a weak form and sounds
like the the same with C evening and
this morning let’s look at a few more
examples I loved it I loved it I loved
it secret agent secret agent as you can
see this is all super secret stuff
next is assimilation this is when sounds
change in order to connect words common
examples are these next year last year
here we see what happens when one word
finishes in a T the next word starts
with a y it’s connected with a CH sound
other common examples are don’t you
it’s becomes don’t you or don’t you
won’t you won’t you or won’t you haven’t
you haven’t you haven’t you an important
question you might have to ask who shot
you the T will connect with that Y again
with H s ound who shot you when ad is
followed by a Y it doesn’t sound like
Chuck it sounds like jerk common
examples of this are did you it changes
too did you or commonly did you could
you could you
or could you would you becomes would you
or would you should you becomes a should
you should you and so on you get the
idea and also the word handbag sounds
like handbag which begs the question is
it secretly hand burger these techniques
this information must not leave this
room which brings me to the final point
elision a common example of a lesion is
when a word finishes
the T or D typically in a consonant
cluster and the next word begins in a
consonant sound that T or D will get
removed or aligned it what what’s a
consonant cluster well I’m glad you
asked there are no stupid questions only
stupid people a consonant cluster is a
group of consonants together think of
for example when a word finishes an xt
st words like next last we have covered
that last year can sound like last year
well we can also elide that last T so it
sounds like last year same with next
year could sound like next year but we
could also elide that T to sound like
next year it is quite easy to learn you
simply drop that final T or D sound but
not always if the word is alone or the
next word begins with a vowel sound you
will pronounce that final T or D for
example the word last alone you will
pronounce the T last if it’s last week
the next word begins with a consonant
sound not a vowel sound last week that’s
okay but if it begins with a vowel sound
for example the last Apple you should
pronounce the T the last Apple not the
last Apple other common examples are the
fastest person the first one last Sunday
in this case the SS blends together very
dangerously and finally textbook
textbook other common examples of
elision are house the dog becomes house
a dog in this case the th sound is
dropped completely resulting in a week
schwa sound hauser house a dog in fact
this is the same with all house the
questions has a dog house a wife house a
job well it seems like you’re ready for
your final test you may want to check if
someone is a spy or naturally British in
which case
ask them to repeat these code phrases if
they are naturally British they should
be able to pronounce them with perfect
pronunciation using these techniques if
not they are definitely a spy howls a
weather R in Moscow how’s the weather in
Moscow
this must be the place this must be the
place this must be the place she isn’t
on the west coast she isn’t on the west
coast can I trust you can I trust you
get on the next bus get on the next bus
most people make storm respires
most people next door are spies I have
to improve I have to improve he is the
best man he is the best man
and finally this cocktail tastes funny
this cocktail tastes funny agent I’d
like to thank you for attending today’s
training session and as I’m very
confident you are completely British I’m
glad this training session has been for
your eyes only
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is
in today’s double-o training you’ll be
learning some advanced pronunciation
techniques which could make anyone’s
accent like completely British or
whatever these are very advanced
pronunciation techniques and as so could
make spies hide in plain sight with
perfect British accents for this reason
this pronunciation training is for
British eyes only please take a seat
today you’ll be learning these skills
intrusion elision assimilation and
catenation they do sound sexy but
believe me in the wrong hands they are
quite dangerous intrusion secret sounds
will intrude into British sentences
between words these sounds or phonemes
are yeah work and run for example I
can’t thank you enough to the NOC
British air this might sound fine but to
the trained British air you might notice
this isn’t 100% natural listen again I
can’t thank you enough did you hear the
gap between the words you and enough
intrusion will add a worth sound between
you and enough this is because at the
end of the word you the mouth shape is
like ooh and we linked the two words
together with a consonant sound which
closely matches the mouth shape in this
case ooh is similar to work so it sounds
like this you enough you enough I can’t
thank you enough another example of
intrusion would be I go out between the
words go and
again a worse sound would intrude go out
go out I go out there are of course
other examples there are of course other
examples see i intruded an hour sound in
that sentence without you even knowing
it that’s how dangerous it is now
traditionally as you know British
English doesn’t pronounce the R at the
end of words we would say they’re not
there however when the next word begins
with a vowel sound we do in this case
pronounce the R to link the two words
together there are of course other
examples now I’d like to hear you repeat
after me there are of course other
examples and finally I also mentioned
that a yet
sound can also intrude I also between
those two words a yeah sound will
intrude
why because I ends in an e sound
the closest consonant sound to this is a
year so I also doesn’t sound right
but with intrusion I also sounds
dangerously British again the next word
begins with a vowel sound and you’ll
start to notice a pattern we only
intrude sounds when the next word begins
with a vowel sound good now complete the
training and practice with me intrusion
with work I need to eat I need to eat go
on and do it go on and do it yeah
intrusion I agree I agree three of them
are spies three of them are spies
intrusion are you a doctor or a nurse
are you a doctor or a nurse I saw a
lobster
I saw a lobster the next pronunciation
technique is called catenation and if
the Russians ever learn
this it will be the end of the world
cats a nation is when the final
consonant sound of one word sounds like
it begins the next word so for example
this afternoon the final consonant sound
s from this joins the next word to sound
like a afternoon and together it sounds
like this afternoon the first syllable
is reduced to a weak form and sounds
like the the same with C evening and
this morning let’s look at a few more
examples I loved it I loved it I loved
it secret agent secret agent as you can
see this is all super secret stuff
next is assimilation this is when sounds
change in order to connect words common
examples are these next year last year
here we see what happens when one word
finishes in a T the next word starts
with a y it’s connected with a CH sound
other common examples are don’t you
it’s becomes don’t you or don’t you
won’t you won’t you or won’t you haven’t
you haven’t you haven’t you an important
question you might have to ask who shot
you the T will connect with that Y again
with H s ound who shot you when ad is
followed by a Y it doesn’t sound like
Chuck it sounds like jerk common
examples of this are did you it changes
too did you or commonly did you could
you could you
or could you would you becomes would you
or would you should you becomes a should
you should you and so on you get the
idea and also the word handbag sounds
like handbag which begs the question is
it secretly hand burger these techniques
this information must not leave this
room which brings me to the final point
elision a common example of a lesion is
when a word finishes
the T or D typically in a consonant
cluster and the next word begins in a
consonant sound that T or D will get
removed or aligned it what what’s a
consonant cluster well I’m glad you
asked there are no stupid questions only
stupid people a consonant cluster is a
group of consonants together think of
for example when a word finishes an xt
st words like next last we have covered
that last year can sound like last year
well we can also elide that last T so it
sounds like last year same with next
year could sound like next year but we
could also elide that T to sound like
next year it is quite easy to learn you
simply drop that final T or D sound but
not always if the word is alone or the
next word begins with a vowel sound you
will pronounce that final T or D for
example the word last alone you will
pronounce the T last if it’s last week
the next word begins with a consonant
sound not a vowel sound last week that’s
okay but if it begins with a vowel sound
for example the last Apple you should
pronounce the T the last Apple not the
last Apple other common examples are the
fastest person the first one last Sunday
in this case the SS blends together very
dangerously and finally textbook
textbook other common examples of
elision are house the dog becomes house
a dog in this case the th sound is
dropped completely resulting in a week
schwa sound hauser house a dog in fact
this is the same with all house the
questions has a dog house a wife house a
job well it seems like you’re ready for
your final test you may want to check if
someone is a spy or naturally British in
which case
ask them to repeat these code phrases if
they are naturally British they should
be able to pronounce them with perfect
pronunciation using these techniques if
not they are definitely a spy howls a
weather R in Moscow how’s the weather in
Moscow
this must be the place this must be the
place this must be the place she isn’t
on the west coast she isn’t on the west
coast can I trust you can I trust you
get on the next bus get on the next bus
most people make storm respires
most people next door are spies I have
to improve I have to improve he is the
best man he is the best man
and finally this cocktail tastes funny
this cocktail tastes funny agent I’d
like to thank you for attending today’s
training session and as I’m very
confident you are completely British I’m
glad this training session has been for
your eyes only
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