How can you prounce /t/ in spoken English?

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Anil Gajbhare

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T is pronounced diffrently in America and UK. the alphabet T is a unvoiced sound. you can pronounced by touching your tounge at the top of your mouth and blowing the air. make sure it sounds 30% "ch" and 70% T.
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I assume you are amused by how some (read Americans) pronounce opportunity with /t/ as "Ch" in Chart, whilst a majority (read Indians) pronounce /t/ as "T" in Tonne. Both are fine. You might find the following article helpful https://pronuncian.com/pronounce-t-sound/
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I assume you are amused by how some (read Americans) pronounce opportunitywith /t/ as "Ch" in Chart, whilst a majority (read Indians) pronounce /t/ as "T" in Tonne. Both are fine. You might find the following article helpfulhttps://pronuncian.com/pronounce-t-sound/ read less
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you bite your tongue with set of upper and lower teeth... and say the word... practice by saying "thank you", "that", "these"..... it may initially appear funny but thats the way...
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In British English, /t/ is always alveolar, example train, tall, heat In Indian English, along with the British t sound, we also have a dental t, usually for Indian words like tabla, tanpura In US English, if the /t/ sound comes two vowel sounds - a,e,i,o,u - then it often gets replaced by a /d/ sound....
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In British English, /t/ is always alveolar, example train, tall, heat In Indian English, along with the British t sound, we also have a dental t, usually for Indian words like tabla, tanpura In US English, if the /t/ sound comes two vowel sounds - a,e,i,o,u - then it often gets replaced by a /d/ sound. Example: compuder for computer, twendy for twenty etc. read less
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