{"id":167844,"date":"2022-07-12T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T00:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/?p=167844"},"modified":"2024-04-15T16:33:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T16:33:02","slug":"speaking-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/speaking-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Do NOT say the D in these 105 Common Words!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW15121459 BCX0\">Here are more than 100 common English words in which you DON\u2019T say the \u201cD\u201d sound. I\u2019ll show you how and why AND give you a bunch of training on this tricky lesson.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right; padding-left: 570px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right; padding-left: 570px;\"><strong>YouTube blocked? <\/strong><a href=\"#video\">Click here to see the video.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cztw76aM-18\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"Do NOT say the D in these 105 Common Words!\" title=\"Play video &quot;Do NOT say the D in these 105 Common Words!&quot;\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/cztw76aM-18<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cztw76aM-18\" title=\"Do NOT say the D in these 105 Common Words!\">Do NOT say the D in these 105 Common Words! (https:\/\/youtu.be\/cztw76aM-18)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<h2>Video Transcript:<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Every language has its own characteristics.\u00a0 One of the characteristics of English is smoothness, and in order for Americans to get this, they often drop T\u2019s and D\u2019s in common words, without even realizing it. Americans drop the D in many common words and phrases, and we\u2019ll go over more than a hundred of these, take these two words.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In most cases, most people will pronounce them the same.\u00a0 This is \u2018tens\u2019, and they\u2019ll drop the D here making it sound like \u2018tens\u2019.\u00a0 Tens of thousands of people were there.\u00a0 He tends to be right. Tens, tends. Honestly, it\u2019s hard even to pronounce that with an audible D.\u00a0 Let me try.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tenndz, tendz.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">No. Almost every native speaker will say \u201ctens.\u201d Now don\u2019t just go dropping any old D.\u00a0 There is a specific pattern happening here, which we\u2019ll go over. But first, let\u2019s look at another word with a dropped D and see if you can guess the pattern. The word is \u201cfriendship\u201d . But let\u2019s first look at the the word Friend. My friend is here. Friend is, friend is, dis, dis, d, d, d. We say that. We say that word D. But in the word \u2018friendship,\u2019 we don\u2019t. Instead of \u2018friendship,\u2019 we say \u2018friennnnship\u2019.\u00a0 The D is completely gone.\u00a0 Nine times out of 10, if not more, you\u2019ll hear Americans drop that D.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This is the most common pronunciation.\u00a0 Why? D is a stop consonant. So by leaving it out, by NOT doing the stop, we get more smoothness in our speech. American English is full of this smooth quality. And one of the things that has evolved in spoken American English is dropping D in the pattern N, D, consonant. In the word \u2018friendship\u2019, D comes after N before SH.\u00a0 Drop that D for more natural spoken English. Friendship. But in the phrase \u2018friend is\u2019, the sound after D is a vowel. Don\u2019t drop the D. My friend is here. Friend is. Dududu. Little light d. But Friendship, drop the D. Friendly, drop the D, Friends, drop the D. N, D + consonant. This is true in words that link too.\u00a0 For example, My friend was there last week. Frien-was.\u00a0 Linking \u2018friend\u2019 into a consonant, the W sound here, drop the D. Friend was. My friend was. Friend was.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">What do you think? Have you been trying to pronounce that D? Friendddd was. Or have you been dropping the D without realizing it, because that\u2019s what you hear happening around you?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">To make sure we\u2019re hearing it correctly, let\u2019s go back to those examples, other people saying \u2018friendship\u2019, and play them in slow motion.\u00a0 We should hear no D, but the N linking directly into the SH,\u00a0 Friennnnnship.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This dropped D really sounds very natural in the full sentences.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">If you want to know more about the right mouth position for the English sounds, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Click here or in the video description to get a free cheat sheet on the sounds of American English, it\u2019s a great reference tool and even I use it quite a bit.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">There are lots of words with N, D, and another consonant, and when you include linking, there are even\u00a0 more cases.\u00a0 We\u2019ll go over more examples with clips, and then we will give you a huge list. Think of it, all these words without a stop, that will smooth out your English and simplify your pronunciation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Before we get to our next common example, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">I want to pop in for a huge thanks to all my supporters here on YouTube, everyone who has joined my channel, they get<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\"> special badges to make their comments pop, early release of videos when available, access to members-only posts and videos, and the top tier gets a free monthly audio lesson from me. Thank you! Click JOIN to learn more.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Our next word: Grandkids. Grannnnnkids, no D.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">What other \u2018grand\u2019 words do we have?\u00a0 Grandstand. That\u2019s the main seating area in a stadium. No D. Grandparents. No D. Grand piano. Two different words there, but we link them, so no D. Grand piano.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Errands. Whew, I have a lot of errands to run today.\u00a0 Errannnnns.\u00a0 No D.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kindness, with no D, is more common than kindness with the D.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Related words:\u00a0 kinds. There are all kinds of problems.\u00a0 No D. What about \u2018kindly\u2019? In my research, the -ly ending is a case where I think it is more common to say the D. Kindly.\u00a0 But it\u2019s also okay to drop it. Oh, he\u2019s a kindly old man.\u00a0 No D. Really, that one can go either way.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Let\u2019s look at a few two-word phrases now, with linking.\u00a0 Around &#8211; the, aroun\u2019the. Linking the words, dropping the D, the most common pronunciation.\u00a0 Let\u2019s hear the others.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Any time you\u2019re linking \u2018around\u2019 into a word that begins with a consonant, do this. Around my, around this, around those, around nine o-clock.\u00a0 Around one o\u2019clock. Around one.\u00a0 Now the word word \u2018one\u2019 starts with the letter O, which is a vowel. What gives?\u00a0 Why am I dropping the D? For this rule, I\u2019m talking about sounds. Not letters. The word \u2018one\u2019 starts with a vowel letter but the first sound is the W sound which is a consonant.\u00a0 So it\u2019s N, D, plus consonant sound, Aroun\u2019one.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Another common ND word is found. Link it into a consonant, drop the D. Found my. I found my phone.\u00a0 Founnnnnmmmmy.\u00a0 No D.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Found my, found their, found this, found these. For example.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Second is another common ND-ending word. Second time. No D. Seconnnnntime.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Second time, second-best, second place, second shift, also seconds, or second-hand. If you buy something second-hand, that means it\u2019s used, not new, it had another owner before.\u00a0 For example, I buy a lot of kid\u2019s clothes secondhand. Kids grow out of things fast, so the clothes can often be in good condition.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ok, you get it, you got it, you\u2019re going to master this aspect of the American accent.\u00a0 Just to get your brain going on these combinations, I\u2019m going to now give you a massive list of common words and two-word links where we drop the D.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ok wow, I went deep there.\u00a0 You get the point. Pick a phrase you want to work on, go to Youglish to see a bunch of examples, that\u2019s where I go do my research. It\u2019s a great place to not only get real-world examples for a particular word or phrase, but to hear the pronunciation of many different people. Type in \u2018behind the\u2019 and practice out loud, imitating what you hear.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Check out RachelsEnglishAcademy.com if you want to learn more about my online courses, which focuses on accent reduction, listening comprehension, ease when speaking English and so on. It\u2019s packed with tips like this one, dropping the D after N before a consonant. Thanks so much for learning with me. I love being your English teacher and accent coach. Keep your learning going now with this video, and don\u2019t forget to subscribe to my channel with all notifications on so you never miss a lesson. 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