How to pronounce the word Tomorrow

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I am trying to improve my American enlgish and working on accent reduction. I am a bit confused about the pronounciation of the word tomorrow. I notice that the first letter t is not exactly prnounce as a T letter in english. I live in NY where people have an East Coast American accent. I wonder what is it that sound that native speakers produce when they said the word? Is it a reduced t or is it d or is it something else?

Thanks,

Areen

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

I'm not aware of any differences in initial T in East Coast pronunciation compared with other varieties of American English. It should be an aspirated T, not reduced T or D. Perhaps you heard an unaspirated T. I'm puzzled about what else it could be.

CJ

Yankee · Answer

Hi Areen,

Here in the Northeast, I'd say the T in the word "tomorrow" is sometimes, but definitely not always, pronounced as a so-called "flap T", which might be descibed as a "reduced T" (as you put it), or as a very soft D.

I'd say the pronunciation of the T in the word tomorrow will vary from person to person here in the Northeast, and it is also somewhat dependent on the pronunciation of the word that precedes it in a sentence. For example, I would find it pretty typical to hear a T that sounds like a very soft D in a sentence such as this:

"See ya tomorrow." (i.e. when the word "you" is pronounced like "ya".)

However, when people pronounce the word "you" properly in that same sentence (i.e. when it rhymes with the letter U), then the T in tomorrow is far more likely to be pronounced as a T.

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