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The Flap
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* d$ U O$ P: h" `0 ]8 x9 `A flap occurs in three situations.; R ^, E4 d5 V9 R. Y
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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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' C1 b3 y, ^5 p' [9 W/ E; |. b water becomes wader
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letter becomes ledder9 G8 B: [: `9 {/ a; h9 @
The letter was in the mailbox. / y9 \# V9 J' I5 N! O; h! b1 L
6 Q# J n/ G- `, `4 h, q bottle becomes boddle
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butter becomes budder
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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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the sound. With a flap, the tip of the tongue barely touches the tooth ridge and the 'd' sound is made very
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* R" f# A! Y# x1 j1 d1 ^9 v9 T 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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medical She is a medical student.
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4 b: _; T; f1 R: h; Z' Y- ~The sediment on the river bottom is course sand.
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Drums keep the cadence in a marching band.$ a3 J+ D ^3 n3 V: e
8 ~0 W' I) ?: a9 U4 _ cider This apple cider is great.
5 N" b/ W' F* q. ]: x spider A spider has eight legs.6 f; e, q$ R4 y4 W( _
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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
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5 @2 B# o) {6 A6 W1 \+ ` 'right away' becomes righ(d) da way+ N9 @5 b4 y; O6 u" u
I'll get your bags right away sir.
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'what if' becomes whad dif
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Might I suggest a new tie?# e. @* P8 U! i* a, G, ^8 A) X5 H
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* |8 F2 g; a* n6 lNote: The flap does not occur in some words (what, that) if they are spoken alone, without other words to
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