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Deciding the T accent

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    How Americans say their "T's" differently
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  • stay
    T makes true T sound "s-Tay"
  •  20
  • negative
    T makes D sound "neg-uh-dev"
  •  25
  • fantasy
    T makes no sound "fan-uh-sy"
  •  5
  • meditate
    First T makes true T sound "meh-deh-Tay" The second T is short or makes no sound
  •  10
  • magnetic
    T sounds like D "mag-ne-dek"
  •  15
  • interview
    T makes no sound "inner-view"
  •  20
  • continent
    T is guttural "con-eh-nen"
  •  25
  • presentation
    First T makes true T sound "pres-en-Tay-shun" Second T works with -ion to sound like "shun"
  •  5
  • spaghetti
    TT sounds like D "spa-geh-di"
  •  10
  • percentage
    T makes no sound "per-SEN-eg"
  •  15
  • carton
    T makes guttural stop "car-n"
  •  20
  • cartoon
    T makes true T "car-Toon"
  •  25
  • hypocritical
    T sounds like D "hip-o-kreh-de-cal
  •  5
  • often
    T makes no sound "of-en"
  •  10
  • eaten
    T makes guttural stop "e-n"
  •  15
  • testing
    Both T's make true T sound "tes-tin"
  •  20