Lonelymelody  +  402121 Wed, 08 Aug 07 08:04 PM Hi there I've just heard that a native American speaker pronounced the word Rooster like: / rüs·tər /. I was wondering why the T is pronounced like /j / in here? I'm aware that Americans sometimes pronounce t like /d/ and also a glottal T exists , however, I didn't know that t amy also be prounanced like /j/? what is the name for this kind of "t"? could you pleas give more examples? Tanks in advance Lonelymelody Joined on Tue, May 22 2007 New Member 25 Glottals

	Kooyeen  +  402132 Wed, 08 Aug 07 08:21 PM Hi, I don't think I've ever heard a T pronounced like J. Where did you hear that? If you only heard it one time, maybe you misheard it or the speaker mispronounced it... singers sometimes mispronounce words in songs, for example. Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member 4,971 Parental Advisory / Explicit Posts

	Philip  +  402138 Wed, 08 Aug 07 08:42 PM  Lonelymelody wrote: Hi there I've just heard that a native American speaker pronounced the word Rooster like: / rüs·tər /. I was wondering why the T is pronounced like /j / in here? I'm aware that Americans sometimes pronounce t like /d/ and also a glottal T exists , however, I didn't know that t amy also be prounanced like /j/? what is the name for this kind of "t"? could you pleas give more examples? Tanks in advance I've never heard rooster pronounced any other way. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Glottals

	Orpheus  +  402179 Thu, 09 Aug 07 02:30 AM Agree with Philip. The IPA as you wrote it is indeed a /t/ sound. Are you sure that what you heard was a /j/, and not an unaspirated /t/? Orpheus Joined on Tue, Jun 17 2003 Jakarta, Indonesia Regular Member 587 'Truth is Subjectivity' - Kierkegaard

	Lonelymelody  +  402472 Thu, 09 Aug 07 03:50 PM  Orpheus wrote: Agree with Philip. The IPA as you wrote it is indeed a /t/ sound. Are you sure that what you heard was a /j/, and not an unaspirated /t/? Hi there,  I'm not really sure what an aspirated t is about. Is it like the /t/ in the word party or little, which sounds like /d/? If the answer is no, would you please explain it in more details? Anyway I've actually heard this pronunciation of rooster in Longman Contemporary dictionary cd-rom, but I am not able to make an audio file from it and attach in this thread. I appreciate if you suggest me a way to post that pronunciation from that cd-rom in here. Thanks for your reply Lonelymelody Pronunciation

	Orpheus  +  402671 Fri, 10 Aug 07 04:42 AM No, an unaspirated t is the t sound you find in words like 'master' and 'after'. It's like the ordinary (aspirated) t, with the only difference being that you don't pronounce it with an 'h' sound or with a breath as you would with the aspirated t. It is different from the tapped t, which sounds like a d. Please also see Post:227657 to see the different t sounds found in American English. Orpheus American English

	Buddhaheart  +  403036 Sat, 11 Aug 07 02:37 AM We always pronounce ‘rooster’ as / 0ru+.stcr/. I’m also surprised by the suspicion that /t/ may be uttered as a /j/, especially in this word. The ‘00 LPD (by JC Wells) also gives the same pronunciation. We would love to hear how that sounds in the LCD CD-Rom. Buddhaheart Joined on Sat, Jan 20 2007 Vancouver Canada Full Member 134 Pronunciation