Belly  +  548103 Tue, 29 Jul 08 03:10 PM Are we supposed to prounounce T as D on a word that comes after a vowel and unstressed? So what about Princeton, people pronounce it as PrinceDon or PrinceTon inAmerican English? I heard some do the latter already but haven't found any for the former Belly Joined on Mon, Feb 19 2007 Regular Member 630 Vowels, American English

	Kooyeen  +  548340 Tue, 29 Jul 08 10:59 PM Princeton, that T comes after a vowel, but it's just written, not pronounced. It doesn't come after a vowel sound. It's an S-sound. Prinstun. Provided it's pronounced that way... is it? Or is it Princuh-dun? I don't think so, but you never know, lol. Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member 4,984 Parental Advisory / Explicit Posts Vowels

	CalifJim  +  548423 Wed, 30 Jul 08 03:09 AM The e in 'Princeton' is silent, so the word doesn't have a t after a vowel.  It is preceded by /s/.  Use a neutral, unaspirated T, not D. In general, a T that connects an unstressed syllable to a stressed one is pronounced as an aspirated T.  So the bolded T's below are all pronounced T, not D. attend, liturgical, utopia, detergent, return, atomic, isotope, rotation CJ  CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,465 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Vowels