How to Pronounce the Stop 'T' in American English | Minute English #shorts
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What happens to the T in the word "Fitness"?
We have a vowel or diphthong and then a T.
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And then a consonant.
That T is what we call a stop T. So we stop the
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air. My tongue goes up into position for the T.
Fit
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ness
But instead of T, releasing the air,
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I just go into the next consonant. Fitness.
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What else? What about the word "outside"?
Outside. That little stop is the T.
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And don't forget, football.
Foot
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Stop the air really quickly.
Football. Football.
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Thoughtful. Thought-ful. What about this one?
Have you heard of "Fortnite"?
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Fortnite.
Now there the sound before the T is the R,
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okay that's another case. If the sound before the
T is an R, a vowel or a diphthong and the sound
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after the T is a consonant , that T is a stop T.
Can you think of a word with a stop T?
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