TaggedWith:DroppedTWhathappenstotheTin‘exactly’,ortheDin‘grandma’? Americanssometimesdropthesetwoconsonantswhentheycomebetweentwootherconsonants. Lookatmoreexamplesinthisvideo.YouTubeblocked?Clickheretoseethevideo.VideoText:InthisAmericanEnglishpronunciationvideo,we’regoingtogooverthepronunciationofTandDbetweentwoconsonants.WhentheTandDsoundscomebetweentwootherconsonantsounds,manyAmericanswilldropthem.Youcandoittoo.Itmightmakewordseasiertopronounceandlink,andsmoothoutyourspeech.Let’slookatseveralexamples.First,exactly.Igetrequestsforthiswordquiteabit.Whenwehavetheword‘exact’,wewillmakeaTrueTbecauseit’spartofanendingconsonantcluster.Exact,tt,tt.Butwhenweaddthe-lyending,itnowcomesbetweentwoconsonants.You’llhearalotofnativespeakerssay‘exactly’,withnoTsound.Exactly,exactly.Almostnoonewillsay‘exactly’,withaTrueT.Exactly.Thishappensalotwhenwelinkwords.Take,forexample,thephrase‘grandpiano’.Theword‘grand’,onitsownorattheendofasentence,grand,willusuallyhavealightDrelease.Grand,dd,dd.Butwhenit’snotthelastwordandthenextwordbeginswithaconsonant,mostpeoplewilldropthatD.So,“grandpiano”becomes“gran’piano”.Grandpiano,noD.Grandpiano.Grandtheftauto.Justonemore.Probablynot‘justonemore’.Now,theword‘one’beginswithavowelletter,butthefirstsoundistheWconsonant.Justonemore.Justonce.Justforyou.Mustbefunny.Mustbe.Probablynot‘mustbe’.Mustbefunny.Mustbenice.Standfor.Whatdoesitstandfor?Standfor.Probablynot‘standfor’.Standfor.Ioftengetquestionsrelatingtothesesituations.DroppingtheTandDinthesecasescanhelpsmoothoutyourspeech,sotryitout.Ifyoucanthinkofotherexamples,puttheminthecommentsbelowanduseotherpeople’sexamplestopractice.That’sit,andthankssomuchforusingRachel’sEnglish.Video:http://60875a31ee079ef966cb-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.r13.cf1.rackcdn.com/336%20-%20How_to_Pronounce_T_and_D_between_Consonants_--_American_English.mp4VideoCategoriesTheVoice:Basics,PlacementSounds:IPA,Alphabet,andLetters,Vowels,Diphthongs,ConsonantsIntonation,Linking,Rhythm,andStress:InaWord,InaSentence,Linking,Melo