Fast English How Americans say A LOT OF SHORTS
How do Americans speak English
so fast? Let’s study this phrase.
A lot of becomes ‘A lotta’. ‘A’ and
‘of’ have the same pronunciation, ə.
And notice that t turns into
a flap, a d, ə’lod_ə, ə’lod_ə.
I have a lot of work to do today.
They need a lot of help.
There are a lot of reasons why I like you.