But this sort of made it quite a lot of a fun in the beginning?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi, could you please tell me what exactly Ed is saying between 0.20 and 0.22 in this recording?

This is what I hear: But this sort of made it quite a lot of a fun in the beginning.

Many thanks,
Torsten[YSaerTTEW443543]

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But this sort of made it quite a lot of a fun <>at the beginning.

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Does he really say “at the beginning”?[YSaerTTEW443543]

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No, he says, “in”.

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It sounds more like “in the beginning” to me too, Torsten.

He does seem to have started to say something else right there, though, so it’s hard to be sure.
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Hi Amy and Molly,

Thanks a lot for your support. How do you like the phrase “quite a lot of a fun”? I mean, to me it sounds pretty good but I wonder how popular it is in your neck(s) of the woods.

Regards,
Torsten[YSaerTTEW443543]

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Yes, disfluency at work there.

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Again, I think it’s an example of disfluency at work.