Pronouncing non-English names for English speakers

Re:Pronouncing non-English names for English speakers by elros on Monday July 26, 2021 @07:41AM (#27958230)

Both recordings of the "tell" word exhibit aspiration. I guess it is perhaps more noticeable to me because I'm quite well-versed in phonetics.

A common way of illustrating aspiration is: hold a sheet of paper in front of your mouth (or your hand), as you say the words. "tell" will give you a noticeable puff of air as it leaves the mouth, as opposed to "stellar", which won't.

Maybe these recordings are helpful to you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirated_consonant#Allophonic

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Re:Pronouncing non-English names for English speakers by PeterisP on Monday July 26, 2021 @10:42AM (#27959965)

Thanks, that was helpful, I seem to get the difference now - just the "tell" example wasn't working as I (apparently unlike most English speakers) seem to pronounce that word with an unaspirated t.

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