American English Pronunciation Workbook

Stress pattern 12

The stress pattern is: primary (1), secondary (2)

1.  [əlməs]  i would almost rather have it

2.  [sʧɹɔŋhoʊld]  have a stronghold on it

3.  [ɔlweɪz]  would always tell me

4.  [pɹɑsɛs]  their thought process was but

5.  [æspɛk]  that aspect of it

6.  [ɔlwɛz]  it's always changing

7.  [ɔlweɪz]  you always think i could

8.  [oʊweɪs]  i always felt like i was

9.  [ɔlweɪs]  it's always been like

10.  [fɹiweɪ]  right along the freeway there

11.  [kjupɑn]  and they'll be a coupon in the paper

12.  [ɔleɪz]  you're always doing something

13.  [ɛlməst]  it's almost like

14.  [hɔlweɪ]  and a hallway part of

15.  [æksɛs]  and have access to

16.  [kaʊbɔɪ]  a cowboy who

17.  [mintaɪm]  in the meantime yknow

18.  [wl̩lfɚɹ]  the welfare and stuff

19.  [kəntɹæt]  i set up a contract and said

20.  [lɔsut]  like a lawsuit case

21.  [ɔlweɪz]  the middle brother was always around

22.  [kɑntæk]  i don't know where he got the contact but anyway

23.  [ɹumeɪʔt]  he was the roommate of a guy she was seeing

24.  [kæntækt]  i just don't wanna lose contact with them

25.  [æspɛk]  in time aspect to life you know

26.  [kɑntɹækt]  i went into contract on it with this guy

27.  [fidbæk]  maybe it had some feedback i think the

28.  [æspɛk]  uh i really like working in that aspect with

29.  [æksɪs]  yknow all this internet access to all the stuff

30.  [æksəs]  yknow the access is just

31.  [ɡɹænʧaɪɾl̩]  and it's this is a grandchild we'll never see

32.  [aʊtfɪt]  but we had a couple boys in the outfit who

33.  [kjupɑn]  yknow she'll buy stuff like that with a coupon and she goes

34.  [kɑntækt]  have very little contact with them and so

35.  [fɹiweɪ]  seen people driving wrong way on the freeway right

36.  [wɛlfɛɹ]  i don't want to be on welfare it's like

37.  [mɛmoʊ]  that's gonna read the memo will be able to read

38.  [kɑntæk]  kept in contact with them i think

39.  [səbweɪ]  muggings on the subway or

40.  [bɹeɪdaʊn]  inherent communication breakdown my mother is kind of a flake

41.  [ɡʊɹmeɪ]  can't believe gourmet lunches and

42.  [pɹɑsɪs]  to today part of the the aging process and

43.  [baɪpæs]  they bypass me straight mom mom mom

44.  [ɔlmoʊs]  now you might get four out of five and almost pass

45.  [ɪŋkəm]  i could have people rent me a house low income i could move in there

46.  [pɹoʊtin]  because it was a lot of protein for me not eating meat and it

47.  [θɚzdeɪ]  i'm not the monday tuesday wednesday thursday type

48.  [kɑntæk]  not gonna pay them till they contact me again

49.  [kɑntɹækt]  ran out the contract yknow and yknow so

50.  [haɪnsaɪɾ]  in hindsight it was kind of a blessing that they moved there

51.  [pɹɑsɛs]  and right now i'm in the process of

52.  [æksɛs]  i mean have the access and what not i mean

53.  [kɑntæt]  a total of five or six contact hours a week

54.  [æsɛp]  is an asset but like i said even as a person uh

55.  [fɹæʧaɪz]  or something obnoxious and stupid like a franchise for money

56.  [hɔlweɪ]  yeah they'd just kick him to the hallway he was either

57.  [plæʔtfɔɹm]  i'm not sure exactly what his platform is

58.  [sɚfboʊɹd]  they're telling you about the surfboard that they got

59.  [ppɹɑsɛs]  so it's it's a step by step process I

60.  [nɛʔtwɚk]  it's a real strong network of people yknow everybody


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