I have noticed that some native English speakers do not pronounce the "T" in "won't" in the middle of a sentence. For example:
I won't make you happy
sounds like:
I wo make you happy
Is this correct ?
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1Incredibly closely related. Also see https://english.stackexchange.com/a/96584 https://english.stackexchange.com/a/327874 – tchrist Jul 13 '17 at 04:32
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Similar to how want to devolved to wanna – Barmar Jul 13 '17 at 23:01
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It's a real pleasure to imagine Joey Ramone singing, ever so distinctly, "Twenty-, twenty-, twenty-four hours to go, I want to be sedated." Of the ten instances of t in those words, I believe that Joey pronounces four of them with an actual "t" sound. – Sven Yargs Sep 23 '17 at 04:51
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We pronounce it. Maybe not with a [t] sound, but we don't say I wo make you happy. – Peter Shor Apr 14 '18 at 21:20
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I am from Montana. As far as I am aware, the T in "won't" is meant to be pronounced.
The sentence you provided as an example is incorrectly pronounced.
Citation: http://speakspeak.com/resources/pronunciation/pronunciation-difference-wont-want
Caleb Way
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http://speakspeak.com/resources/pronunciation/pronunciation-difference-wont-want – Caleb Way Mar 15 '18 at 19:07
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