Beginner questions about pronunciation of british english. Can you hear these words?

Posted by SpecialistSilent9617@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 12 comments

Can you hear 'are' in 'Are you mad?' ? --> https://youtu.be/eQcaCYDjjPs?t=245
Can you hear 'him' in 'redecorate for him' ? --> https://youtu.be/eQcaCYDjjPs?t=2469
Is 'turds' pronounced correctly here? --> https://youtu.be/eQcaCYDjjPs?t=2476

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ResplendentBear@reddit

First one needs a time stamp fix.

Second one he says 'im. Drops the "h". Classic southern/south-eastern/London English.

Third one the character seems to be mumbling or a bit speech impaired? Possible one tooany morningstars to the head? Anyway, he doesn't say turds any weirder than anything else in that sentence.

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SpecialistSilent9617@reddit (OP)

Which British accent is the voice actor using in the third question?

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ResplendentBear@reddit

It's a weird accent. Sounds southern and vaguely London-ish in the first part of the sentence, and much more Northern in the 2nd part.

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Haurian@reddit

First one is a few seconds before #2 (all three are within about 30 seconds of conversation).

It's also classic conversational deletion, almost entirely (but not quite) dropping the "are". There is a brief "er" right before the "You", but it isn't uncommon to drop it entirely.

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liverpoolfuckingsuck@reddit

Yeah all good. Only one is ‘Turds’. It’s quite odd in pronunciation.

The pronunciation is much closer to ‘Spurs’. To use it in a sentence; ‘Spurs are getting flushed down the toilet!’ Or ‘Christ that’s almost as bad as Spurs!’

One of those quirks of English

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Winston_Carbuncle@reddit

That's very accent dependent.

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SpecialistSilent9617@reddit (OP)

Which British accent is the voice actor using in the third question?

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this phrase doesn't appear near the start of the video - can you link directly to where it appears?
Yes, just about, it's just low volume and gets a bit lost in the music.
Yes.

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SnooDonuts6494@reddit

Did you give the wrong link or timestamp?
No, just "eh"
There are thousands of different accents.

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