Stop T vs No T – American English Pronunciation



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Improve your American Accent / spoken English at Rachel’s English with video-based lessons and exercises.

Cải thiện nói tiếng Anh Mỹ / 미국 영어 발음 향상 / アメリカ英語の話し言葉のアクセントを向上させる / Улучши разговорный американский английский / Meningkatkan berbicara bahasa Inggris Amerika / Melhore sua pronúncia do inglês americano / Mejora tu pronunciación en Inglés Americano / 美語 / बात अमेरिकी अंग्रेजी में सुधार / تحسين لهجتك الأمريكية الإنجليزية / שפר את המבטא האמריקאי שלך

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42 Comments

  1. Hey Rachel,

    I have a question regarding the pronunciation of the stop t before an s sound like

    He waits / nights / bites

    Do we keep the stop t here or use a regular t sound ?

    I Appreciate your work

  2. Hey rachel. How do i say r after a stop t. For example "Did i say it right?" In this sentence, how do i transition from 'it' to 'right'? Do you have any videos on this?

  3. Hi Rachel! I used to watch your videos a lot when I was 11/12 years old trying to learn English. I vividly remember watching this video in particular! I'm now 20 and fully fluent in English, and part of it is thanks to you. I hadn't watched any of your videos in years to be quite honest, but I just randomly thought of you all of a sudden and felt the need to write this comment to say thank you for helping me and so many others improve their English!! ☺️ you've made a lasting impact on so many people

  4. Omg, this video was so weird for me to watch! Without saying the T it’s a different word for my brain and it just doesn’t make sense not to use the T. For example, Way, Weigh. Wait. Wait needs a T.

  5. As a native English speaker I've only ever used "True T" when I end the sentence with that sound (or when I only say the word). When I talk normally with the word in the middle of the sentence I use a "Stop T." I didn't even realize that I pronounce T's differently based on where they are in a sentence. For instance, if I say, "Wait, I can't even fit my feet in these shoes," 'wait', 'feet', 'can't' all have the "Stop T" sounds. However, if I do a long pause after saying 'wait' then I do the "Stop T."

    Language is weird. Especially when you think about it in depth like this video has made me do.

  6. English is the ultimate stupid language of all time, British English is acceptable, but american english is just dumb. It just happens to be that i moved to the us and now i am at a high school, so I'm forced to learn it.

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