You're listening to the Rachel's English podcast, made especially for non-native speakers,

where we study the way Americans really speak.

My goal is for you to listen to this podcast every week and sound more natural when speaking English and improve your listening comprehension.

In today's episode, we're going over the pronunciation of the letter T.

We'll talk about three different ways Americans pronounce this letter.

True T, Flap T, and Stop T.

When you look up a word with the T sound in a dictionary, it will only ever show the true T pronunciation.

Most dictionaries do not actually reflect the way Americans speak when it comes to the T sound.

This can be very confusing. This podcast will help you.

Be sure to check out the show notes in the podcast section of my website, rachelsenglish.com.

I'll put links to related videos and outline what you learn today.

You can also find a free copy of the transcript, rachelsenglish.com slash podcast.

Let's get started. Today we're tackling one of the most

crazy things about American English pronunciation, and that is the pronunciation of the letter

T. I've done numerous videos on this subject, but it's not until this podcast that everything has been brought

together into one place for you. It's confusing. It's crazy. I'm going to try to make it as

clear as possible, and I've brought my husband, David, along to help me figure out what's not

clear to ask questions along the way. Yep. I'm ready. Your mind is going to be blown when you learn about the T in American English pronunciation.

Of course, you use it every day, but you've never thought about it like this.

Totally.

True T and a flap T.

First of all, David, did you know that there are three different ways that we pronounce the letter T?

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