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Deciding the T accent

  • Game Code: 568481
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    How Americans say their "T's" differently
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  • butterfly
    TT makes D sound "bu-der-fly"
  •  25
  • investment
    Both T's make no sound "en-ve-smen" Second T is barely a T sound
  •  5
  • certain
    T makes guttural sound "cer-n"
  •  10
  • student
    T makes true T sound "s-TU-den" Last T makes very short sound
  •  15
  • athletic
    T makes D sound "ath-LE-dik"
  •  20
  • accurately
    T makes no sound "a-cur-eh-ly"
  •  25
  • written
    TT makes glottal stop "reh-n"
  •  5
  • mandatory
    T makes true T sound "man-duh-Tor-y"
  •  10
  • reality
    T makes D sound "re-al-ed-y"
  •  15
  • patent
    Both T's have glottal stops "pah-n"
  •  20
  • intrinsically
    T makes true T sound "en-Tren-sik-ly"
  •  25
  • created
    T sounds like D "cree-ay-ded"
  •  5
  • assessment
    T makes no sound or a very short T "uh-sess-men"
  •  10
  • alphabetic
    T sounds like D "al-fa-beh-dik"
  •  15
  • exploit
    T makes no sound or a very short sound "ex-ploy*"
  •  20
  • consistency
    T makes true T sound "con-sis-Ten-cy"
  •  25
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