AE 1131 – Expression: A Drop in the Ocean
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A Drop in the Ocean
A drop in the ocean is an amount so small that it doesn't make much of an effect. There's a lot going on there in terms of pronunciation changes for articles like a and the or the, and then also connected speech. So firstly, you'll hear me say a as like the letter a when i'm in it clearly. But as soon as it is used in a sentence,. youill hear it become unstressed and a shois sound. And the its an a almost become two shwas sounds, cause they're unstressed. He reckons, it's a drop in the Ocean. She reckons it's a dropped in the ocean. They reckon it's a
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