Dropping the T in Christmas 🎅

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Rachel's English


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The word Christmas is spelled with a T,  
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but we drop that T in American English pronunciation. 
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It's very common to drop the T between two other  consonants
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and that's exactly why we do it here.  
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Instead of Christmas, we say Christmas.
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Christmas. 
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Absolutely no T sound.
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Merry Christmas.
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