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Deciding the T accent

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    How Americans say their "T's" differently
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  • gotten
    TT is guttural "gah-n"
  •  10
  • important
    First and second T's are guttural "im-por-n"
  •  15
  • soften
    T is guttural "sof-n"
  •  20
  • historic
    T makes true T sound "his-Tor-ic"
  •  25
  • bottom
    TT makes D sound "bod-um"
  •  5
  • advantage
    T makes no sound "ad-van-eg"
  •  10
  • retaliate
    First T makes true T sound "re-Tal-i-ay" the second T has a very short sound
  •  15
  • later
    T sounds like D "lay-der"
  •  20
  • listen
    T makes no sound "lis-n"
  •  25
  • accountant
    T makes a guttural sound "a-coun-nt"
  •  5
  • metallic
    T makes a true T sound "meh-Tal-ic"
  •  10
  • meeting
    T makes D sound "mee-ding"
  •  15
  • internet
    T makes no sound "inner-net"
  •  20
  • rotten
    TT makes guttural sound "rah-n"
  •  25
  • truth
    First T makes true T sound
  •  5
  • voted
    T sounds like D "vo-ded"
  •  10