get her → getter | linking and flapping

Q: How do native English speakers say "get her"?

Native speakers reduce "get her" to "getter" (ˈɡɛɾɚ) in natural speech. To retrieve or acquire a female person or object; to understand a female person; to cause something to happen to her.

Q: What is the connected speech form of "get her"?

"get her" becomes "getter" — a linking and flapping pattern. When 't' at the end of a word comes before 'her,' it often changes to a quick 'd' sound (flapping) and links with the 'her' sound, making the two words flow together smoothly.

get her → getter ˈɡɛɾɚ linking and flapping

To retrieve or acquire a female person or object; to understand a female person; to cause something to happen to her.

When 't' at the end of a word comes before 'her,' it often changes to a quick 'd' sound (flapping) and links with the 'her' sound, making the two words flow together smoothly.

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get her → getter

ˈɡɛɾɚ

To retrieve or acquire a female person or object; to understand a female person; to cause something to happen to her.

When 't' at the end of a word comes before 'her,' it often changes to a quick 'd' sound (flapping) and links with the 'her' sound, making the two words flow together smoothly.

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Example 1

Can you go get her from school?

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Example 2

I didn't quite get her joke.

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Example 3

He needs to get her a present for her birthday.

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Example 4

I'll go getter a coffee on my way in.

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Example 5

We need to getter to sign these papers.

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