>>Hello
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>>I've just been off for the past 2 weeks with a trapped nerve in my neck and, because I just couldn't DO anything I spent a lot of time stuffed with cushions, watching day-time TV (much of it US films and TV series).
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>>As far as I can tell just about every American pronounces "alright" like "ah-eet". Is this true?
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>You need to get a Jeff Foxworthy cd.

Never heard of him.

>He talks about ah-eet and yaownto. Like when you say gaeatyet (did you eat yet) and the other person says nope, and you say yaownto (do you want to ) and the other person says (ah-eet).

After a few pints down the pub, when offering to get the next round in I often sound like: "John-n-n-n-drink?" (Do you want another drink?) :-)

As for the "d" in words that have "t", that's a big thing with southern black dialects. The word good is the most common offender. They pronounce it "goot" and it drives me up the wall, particularly when it's an educated person doing the speaking.

I think I've noticed that, like "I cutn't do it" for "I couldn't do it". But what I was referring to was the opposite, where "t" is pronounced like a "d" but with toungue behing the teeth. My home-town accent is somewhat similar on the "t"s.