Pronunciation: How do fluent speakers pronounce ’and’?

Tim’s back in his pronunciation workshop, finding out how native speakers of English sometimes pronounce the word ’and’ - and he’s giving the people of London a special test. For more, visit our website: Transcript: Tim Hi. I’m Tim and this is my Pronunciation Workshop. Here, I’m going to show you how English is really spoken. Come on, let’s go inside. Hey, look at this: a present. All wrapped up in paper. Now, do you know what this is? Well, if you could smell it, it might give you a clue. Voice Is it your old socks? Tim Very funny – No. No, it’s not my old socks. It’s something much, much nicer. Something delicious in fact. Let’s ask the people of London if they can tell what it is, without seeing it. Voxpops Fish and chips. Fish and chips. Fish and chips. Fish and chips. Fish and chips. Tim Yes, that’s right. It’s good old fish and chips. I’m going to save that for later. Now the word and has got three sounds, has