water → wader | Flapping

Q: How do native English speakers say "water"?

Native speakers reduce "water" to "wader" (/ˈwɑːɾɚ/) in natural speech. A colorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.

Q: What is the connected speech form of "water"?

"water" becomes "wader" — a flapping pattern. In American English, a /t/ sound often changes to a quick, light /ɾ/ (flap) when it comes between two vowel sounds, especially if the first vowel is stressed. This happens in words like 'water' and 'city'.

water → wader /ˈwɑːɾɚ/ Flapping

A colorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.

In American English, a /t/ sound often changes to a quick, light /ɾ/ (flap) when it comes between two vowel sounds, especially if the first vowel is stressed. This happens in words like 'water' and 'city'.

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water → wader

/ˈwɑːɾɚ/

A colorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.

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Example 1

Could I get a glass of water?

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Example 2

The plant needs more water to grow.

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Example 3

They went swimming in the cold water.

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Example 4

I'm so thirsty, I need some wader.

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Example 5

Can you get me a bottle of wader from the fridge?

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