13.4 Assimilation of Nasality
The alveolar stop /d/ becomes nasal /n/ before /n/ as in wooden, didn’t, had not. Thus, We didn’t have a wooden table may be pronounced /wi dɪnː hæv ə wʊnː ˈteɪbl̩/ in casual speech.
We didn’t have a wooden table |
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