ah/ɑ/
Relax your lips and drop your jaw significantly. The tongue tip lightly touches behind the bottom front teeth and the back part of the tongue presses down a little to create more dark space in the back of the mouth.
How to pronounce objects in American English
AHB·jehkts
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Americans pronounce objects as AHB-jehkts (/ˈɑbdʒɛkts/). In "objects", the "t" is squeezed between other consonants and drops out — the surrounding consonants flow together without it — most natural in flowing, casual speech; in careful or formal speech, the T may be lightly present. This is called the Silent T in Clusters, the kind of sound shift that makes everyday speech feel effortless. It comes out as AHB·jehkts. Stress falls on the first syllable — keep everything else short and quick. You'll hear it in sentences like "Magnetism is a force that can attract or repel objects" or "The elephant uses its trunk to pick up objects and drink water" — more examples below.
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b/b/
Press your lips together, add vocal cord vibration, then release.
j/dʒ/
Touch the front of your tongue to the roof of your mouth, then release into a 'zh' position. Add vocal cord vibration.
eh/ɛ/
Drop your jaw moderately. Touch the tongue tip behind the bottom front teeth and lift the mid-front part slightly toward the roof.
k/k/
Raise the back of your tongue to touch the soft palate (velum). Stop the air, then release.
t/t/
DroppedThe T is skipped entirely. Your tongue doesn't make contact at the T position.
s/s/
Place your tongue tip near the roof of your mouth behind your top teeth. Push air through the narrow gap. No voicing.
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"Gravity is the force that attracts objects toward the center of the earth."
GRA·vuh·dee ihz dhuh FORS dhuht uh·TRAKTS AHB·jehkts tuh·WORD dhuh SEHN·ter uhv dhee URTH
"The elephant uses its trunk to pick up objects and drink water."
dhee EH·luh·fuhnt YOO·zuhz ihts TRUHNGK tuh PIHK UHP AHB·jehkts and DRIHNGK WAH·der
"Magnetism is a force that can attract or repel objects."
MAG·nuh·tuh·zuhm ihz uh FORS dhuht kuhn uh·TRAKT er ruh·PEHL AHB·jehkts
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Common pronunciation mistakes in American English.
The textbook way isn't wrong — it's just not how anyone actually says it.
01
Pronouncing the T in a consonant cluster.
In "objects", the "t" is squeezed between other consonants and drops out — the surrounding consonants flow together without it — most natural in flowing, casual speech; in careful or formal speech, the T may be lightly present. /t/ is dropped entirely — the surrounding consonants flow together without the T.
objects→AHB·jehkts
02
Releasing the final consonant with a puff of air.
In "objects", the "t" is not released — the articulators get into position but hold without the burst of air. Air stops but there's no release burst — the articulators hold position.
objects→AHB·jehkts
03
Stressing the wrong syllable.
Stress falls on the first syllable, not the others. Stretch AHB — keep everything else short and quick.
ahb·JEHKTS→AHB·jehkts
Questions
Questions people ask about this.
How is "objects" stressed in American English?
Stress falls on the first syllable — say "AHB" with a longer, fuller vowel and keep every other syllable short and quick. The respell "AHB-jehkts" marks the stressed syllable in capitals so the rhythm is easy to read at a glance.
Is the American pronunciation of "objects" different from British English?
American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "AHB-jehkts" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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