Some non-native speakers of English have difficulty with combining consonants because they don’t use this construction in their native language. In Spanish, words with these sounds begin with an “e,” such as especial, escuela, and estado. Consequently, a common accent pattern in English is to add an additional “e” sound before s-blend words.
Listen to the following pairs of words. Note that the words are similar, but the Spanish word has and "es" and the English word has only "s."
space/espacio special/especial state/estado stamp/estampa |
special
special service
provide special service
we will provide special service