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It it pronounced "figurtitout" or "figurtout"? which one is more natural/correct? I always try to go for the first but I find it harder to pronounce than the second one (Cuz I hate those many t's in a middle of a word)

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  • You have three 't's in the first example. Did you really mean that?
    – Mitch
    Commented Nov 27, 2022 at 17:08
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    Do you have the same trouble with kept it out or cut it out or turned it out or tuned it out or thought it out? Is it only your own production of these words that gives you trouble, or is listening to it said ever a stumbling block for knowing just which words were said to you? Do you ever have any trouble distinguishing whether Americans are saying figure it out or figured it out or figured out? Do treatment, tectonist, tartlet, taste-test, teletext, testament, tintist, tetrant, tête-à-tête all trip off your tongue untroubled by tripled t’s?
    – tchrist ♦
    Commented Nov 27, 2022 at 17:10
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    Are confusing figured it out with figure it out?
    – Tinfoil Hat
    Commented Nov 27, 2022 at 17:31
  • @tchrist It might be the syllabic /r/ before a KIT/schwa causing the problem there.
    – Araucaria - Him
    Commented Nov 27, 2022 at 17:57
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    Attempting to ask or answer questions about actual pronunciation in the silence of English text is a losing proposition. All you'll get is technical phonetics and/or opinions. Otherwise you're discussing Picasso with the blind
    – John Lawler
    Commented Nov 27, 2022 at 18:38

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Pronunciation varies widely by region. In Canada and the northeast US, your first option, which includes the i sound, would be normal, but with our standard replacement of interior t's by d's. Hence, figyeridout.

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