1001 – And Sounds Like In

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Hey there! It’s Michael here — and welcome back to Speak Naturally in a Minute from Happy English. I’m here every week with a quick one-point lesson to help you improve your pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation.

Today, let’s talk about a tiny word that changes a lot in American English:   and.
In everyday conversation and usually reduces to something that sounds like a weak in
* So rock and roll sounds like rock ’n roll
* salt and pepper sounds like  salt ’n pepper
* ham and eggs sounds like  ham ’n eggs

The reason is, like other short worlds, conjunctions like and are unstressed.  Here are a few more:
* you and me → you ’n me
* black and white → black ’n white
* bread and butter → bread ’n butter

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