How do u say "west street", "fifth floor"

nick   Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:53 pm GMT
when you say "west street" and "fifth floor", do u silent "t" in "west" and "th" in "fifth"?
US American   Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:18 am GMT
In "west street" the two "st" sounds seem to merge for me, although the one "st" that remains may be a bit longer than usual.

In "fifth floor', the "f" in "fifth" disappears, not the "th".
Russconha   Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:19 am GMT
Often in English, if the last sound of a word is the same as the first sound of the following word, they can merge into one.

Hence weST STreet, toP Place, saMe Man etc etc


Hope thaT Truly helps
Nick   Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:08 am GMT
Thank you, US American, Russconha. These really helped.