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Intervocalic flapping, tapping, or t-voicing, in which the consonant /t/ is pronounced as a flap consonant (often perceived as /d/), a phenomenon especially common in North American English.
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Can "meet her" be pronounced [miːdər] in American English? [duplicate]
I heard people say meet her as [miːdər] in an American movie.
Is it ok to pronounce it like that, or am I mishearing?
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So, we don't change /t/ to /d/ if /t/ is between 2 vowel sounds and /t/ is the beginning of ... [duplicate]
Ok, see this word entertainment has IPA of /en.təˈteɪn.mənt/. Ok, now in American English if /t/ is between 2 vowel sounds then it will become /d/ cos it is flap T.
But /t/ will become flap T only i …
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Must the tongue contact the alveolar ridge anteriorly in order to pronounce /t/ properly?
Some textbooks teach that when making the t sound, the front and sides of the tongue contact the alveolar ridge anteriorly and laterally.
However, I feel very uncomfortable if I do that when pronounc …
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Why is 'sort of' pronounced /sɔːrdəv/ in AmE though /t/ is not between vowels?
Sort /sɔːrt/
of /əv/
Why is "sort of" pronounced /sɔːrdəv/ in American English even though /t/ is not between the two vowels /r/ & /ə/?
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In some parts of America, do people commonly use a flap after /n/, e.g. /ˈwɪn.t̬ɚ/?
I noticed that, in some American dialect (maybe in the South of America), people may use "flap T" after "n". For example, "/ˈwɪn.t̬ɚ/" source
Other example, "ninety" /ˈnaɪn.t̬i/Source
So, my questio …
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Do American pronounce "she looked at me" as /ʃiː lʊkt æt mi/ or /ʃiː lʊkd æt mi/?
Although some people say that flap-t [ɾ] is used if phonemic /t/ is between
two vowels as in matter [ˈmædəɹ], I think that definition is
incomplete because if phonemic /t/ occurs before a stressed vow …
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