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Re:Nobody Pronounces the 'B' in 'Debt' by frutiger on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @08:31AM (#29794468)
> If it were just spelt "det" I feel like it'd have a more prominent t sound.

In other examples, the prominent “t” sounds and the vowel seems to vary based on emphasis. Compare:

1. Marriage? We only just met yesterday!

2. I’m not really sure, I think I met him four or five years ago.

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Re:Nobody Pronounces the 'B' in 'Debt' by inciampati on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @08:52AM (#29794691)
How are these different? What is changing?
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Re:Nobody Pronounces the 'B' in 'Debt' by CRConrad on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @01:06PM (#29797812)
The word "met" is first more, then less emphasised. As I understood the GP's point, it was that the more "explosive" emphasis on the whole word also changes the quality of the final 't' to a harder plosive than the relatively softer one in the sentence that is more about exactly when it was.
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