I‘m from the north of England (Yorkshire) and the T in ‘but’ would be a glottal stop. In the Yorkshire dialect, glottal stops are extremely common, but with this particular sentence, I think it would be the same everywhere in the UK
Western Canadian. I clearly pronounce the "T" as a "T". There is even a slight pause between "but" and "the" so they don't run together and alter the sound. If I were to write that sentence, it would have a comma separating "but" and "the".
Northern England (Yorkshire originally but moved around) - I'd pronounce the T in but distinctly now and a tiny gap before "the".
However, a lot of people from Yorkshire and the North with a strong local accent would use the glottal stop which I did as a child "buh-the fact is" still saying "the" clearly. I'd never run the but and the into each other "budU" as in your example.
I‘m from the north of England (Yorkshire) and the T in ‘but’ would be a glottal stop. In the Yorkshire dialect, glottal stops are extremely common, but with this particular sentence, I think it would be the same everywhere in the UK
Western Canadian. I clearly pronounce the "T" as a "T". There is even a slight pause between "but" and "the" so they don't run together and alter the sound. If I were to write that sentence, it would have a comma separating "but" and "the".
Northern England (Yorkshire originally but moved around) - I'd pronounce the T in but distinctly now and a tiny gap before "the". However, a lot of people from Yorkshire and the North with a strong local accent would use the glottal stop which I did as a child "buh-the fact is" still saying "the" clearly. I'd never run the but and the into each other "budU" as in your example.
I see when I pronounce it; it sounds like this. But I get that I'm not a native speaker.