I grew up and spent most of my live in South Korea and learned English through American teachers that spoke pretty generic American English, so I normally speak with an “Asian-American accent.”
I want to try learning how to do a Southern accent, since I love playing country music on my guitar, and I would love to sing them as well.
How well-articulated is /n/ in /ns/ clusters in English?
I recently realized that I may not be articulating the /n/ in words like once, since, evidence, etc. Instead of [ns], I pronounce them more like [z̃s] or [ə̃s], where my tongue doesn’t fully close for the /n/. Here’s a recording. I’m wondering if this is a documented phenomenon that occurs in English, or if I’m the outlier. I’m guessing I do this so that I don’t accidentally pronounce /ns/ as [nts].
This is the most popular stick float carp fishing rig in South Korea, where I’m from, and it’s how I learned to carp fish from my Grandpa. We usually attach a dough ball to the two hooks and let the weight sink completely to the bottom. Is the setup different for catching carp in North America? I’ll mostly be fishing in Tennessee.
Also, Koreans use a pole fishing method, where the fishing line is tied to the end of a long pole without a reel. I’m guessing that’s a pretty primitive method that isn’t popular elsewhere.
I think there’s a good chance that I’m just hearing things due to my yod-preserving background. But I swear I can hear at least a minor difference between the /nu/ in knew and noose in American English. To me, it sounds like the /nu/ in knew is being pronounced as /ɲu/.
From Forvo:
https://forvo.com/word/knew/
In my ears, some of them do truly pronounce knew like /nu/, but the second and third pronunciations in the American accent list definitely sounds different.
Am I just hearing things?