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[shadydave]

So, I have a question. When you guys say words like "suit" and "cat" and "boat" and other words that end in t, do you actually pronounce the t (like if you were saying "tuh" or articulating notes on an instrument, where the air flow continues) or does your tongue just stop on the roof of your mouth, cutting off the airstream?

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Comments

[perivates.livejournal.com]

I usually don't pronounce the T.

[spelly.livejournal.com]

I don't really say my T's like I articulate notes. It would sound silly if you said boat like boaTUH

[shadydave.livejournal.com]

so how do you say them, then?

[spelly.livejournal.com]

I just stop the air flow. Actually, I kind of pronounce the T in "just." Kind of like, lightly, you know? Sometimes I say the T's at the ends of words, but not heavily articulated.

Also, that icon is cool.

[monadhrionnag.livejournal.com]

I pronounce the T's...but it's not really a "tuh", it's more like a forcing of air