How to pronunce the letter T

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How do I pronunce the letter 't' in the next words? (American english)

*elevator

*matter, latter, letter

*interaction ( is this one silent?)

*postulated

Is there any word where the 't' is pronunced like a 'd' ( a soft one)??

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Gabish · Accepted Answer

I add two more!

*statistics ( all of them)

*situation ( the firts one)

Gabish · Answer

Sorry! I'm new here, I posted this question in the wrong section, it should be in speech and pronounciation, can you move it? I didn't know I posted it here!

CalifJim · Answer

elevador (d)

madder, ladder, ledder (d)

in ter ac shun (t)

pos chu laded (ch) (d)

stat'istics (t, t, t) (The one marked ' is aspirated. The others are not.)

si chu a shun (ch)

CJ

See How to pronounce a 't' in American English.

Tanit · Answer

GabishSorry! I'm new here, I posted this question in the wrong section, it should be in speech and pronounciation, can you move it? I didn't know I posted it here!

Moved here for you, and a very warm welcome to EnglishForward!

Tzurinskas · Answer

Let's listen to the pronunciation of the letter "t" for these words in thefreedictionary.com

Click on the flags to hear USA and UK accents. My phonetic notation is in truespel marked with ~

elevator - "t" sounds like ~d in USA ~elivaeder but ~t in UK ~elivaetu (~ae as in Mae, ~u as in cup)

matter - same as above ~mader in USA and ~matu in UK (where ~a is as in cat)

latter - same as matter.

letter - same as latter only with short e.

interaction - I hear more of a ~d for USA (in "inter") and ~t for UK.

situation - for USA for the first "t" I hear a glottal stop then ~ch, for UK I hear ~ch.

Note that the letter "t" is often not pronounced at the end of words. For instance "That great cat" in USA might have the "t" glottalized and thus not pronounced at all ~~Tha' grae' ka'~~. This is very common in USA and UK for words ending in letter "t".

Gabish · Answer

My problem is that when you say that 't' in letter sounds like a 'd' ( leder) for me that sounds exactly like 'th' in leather, but their different! I hear more like an 'r' in 'letter' instead of a 'd'

Letter -http://www.thefreedictionary.com/letter

Leather -http://www.thefreedictionary.com/leather

I can`t say letter like the woman in the dictionary! for me is such a tongue-twister!

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