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Deciding the T accent

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    How Americans say their "T's" differently
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    First T makes no sound "inner-ack-dev" second T makes D sound
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  • kitten
    TT makes guttural sound "keh-n"
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  • atomic
    T makes true T sound "uh-Tom-ic"
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  • beatle
    T sounds like D "bee-dl"
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  • whistle
    T makes no sound "wis-l"
  •  10
  • forgoten
    T is guttural "for-gah-n"
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  • quotation
    T makes true T sound "kwo-Ta-shun" Second T works with -ion to make "shun" sound
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  • cattle
    TT sounds like D "cah-dl"
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  • completely
    T makes no sound "com-ple-ly"
  •  5
  • sentence
    T is a glottal stop "sen-ns"
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  • security
    T makes D sound "se-kuer-ed-y
  •  15
  • international
    First T makes no sound "inner-na-shun-al" Second T makes shun with -ion letters
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  • stop
    T makes true T sound "s-top"
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  • matter
    TT makes D sound "mah-dr"
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  • software
    T makes no sound "sof-wayr"
  •  10
  • satin
    T makes guttural sound "sah-n"
  •  15