american accent - American T sound - pronunciation of american english

Pronunciation lesson to make your English sound more American and reduce your foreign accent. Quick tip for people learning English.

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[sam usaa]

hi Lisa ,

what about the word " attempt" , We can't apply the rule here .we prononce "T" no " fast D "..???

[AccurateEnglish]

No, it's not a fast D because the syllable is stressed. I didn't discuss this in the video. Compare "Italy" and Italian." In the first word it's a fast D, in the second one it is a regular T.

[Ben Johnson]

Lisa sorry for bad words, but I must ask you something. My teacher said that even in american pronunciaton the word ''shut up'' is pronounce with ''t''. Was he right?

[AccurateEnglish]

It also changes to a fast D because it's between two vowels.

[Mazemaster18]

Lisa how do you pronounce communicaTion? You see the letter T is between two vowels

[AccurateEnglish]

the "tion" endings fall into a different category of rules. The T is pronounced as an "sh" sound in that case. More examples include: education, diction, motion, etc. Also, notice that "diction" is preceded by a consonant, so the "between 2 vowels" rule doesn't always apply here.

[Ray Vincent]

O_O I couldn't stop laughing throughout the video. I have never noticed how we pronounced the t.

[AccurateEnglish]

To some non-native speakers of English it does sounds like an "R." But it's not an French or Chinese or American "R". It depends on your native language. That's why I say it's a "fast D". The "rolling R" of your native language is the same sounds as the "fast D". So for people who are from Jordan, or Spain or Russia, for example, it would help to view it as a fast "R" of your native langauge.

Remember, we hear what our brains have learned to hear.

[SvenSinsSista]

I know exactly what you mean. I'm not American but I consider America home more than anything else. So it really infuriates me when someone (who's American) says negative stuff about America or acts amazed when someone wants to have an American accent (I like American accents :3). Why can't everyone see that every country has it's faults?

[Fernanda S']

This helped me a lot. Thanks!

[Ernesto Valtierra]

Oh!! Phonetics!! so sorry!! Spanish interference!! and American!! So sorry!!

[JOSE RAMON RAMIREZ SANCHEZ]

Hello Lisa:

I agree with you!

The sound is not R. It is a lazy D,fast D,or almost D,but never is R.

[Ernesto Valtierra]

You really know what the american English accent and fonetics are. Congratulations Miss Lisa!!

[01mrblacksun]

You are kidding, aren't you? The American accent, classical English? Hah! Find me a single source that supports that ridiculous theory.

[Nasrullah Nasrat]

It's so good and very nice, I love to speak American English. Thank you dear Lisa Mojsin