Today we are talking about pronunciation, specifically what happens to T's at the ends of many words. This is a response to a student's question. Please comment or message me with questions for me to cover in future episodes! Here are all the words and phrases I talk about today. All of them usually have a "stop" (a stopped sound) instead of a full T sound. I have added some others which are common to the end of the list. Almost all words that end in a vowel sound followed by a T drop the T and make it a stop: cat hot that flat part short and sweet What do you think about that? Did you get it right? Extras (in no particular order): about out but without put not rot butt nut despite kite right alright etc. There are many, many words light these. Comment some below! Have a great week everyone! See you again soon!

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