EyeSeeYou  +  231912 Fri, 02 Jun 06 10:51 PM Do you pronounce both Ts as tapped T or just the second one? EyeSeeYou Joined on Tue, Dec 21 2004 Full Member 212

	CalifJim  +  232773 Mon, 05 Jun 06 11:54 PM The first T is intervocalic at the beginning of a stressed syllable, so you use aspirated T. Only the second one takes the sound of tapped T.  (It's intervocalic at the beginning of an unstressed syllable.) puh - T'AYdoes Again in tomatoes, only the second T has the tapped T sound.  The first is aspirated, but not for the same reason as seen above.  The first T here is aspirated because it is word-initial. t'uh - MAYdoes CJ [2] CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,463 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	LeicesterLad  +  235075 Mon, 12 Jun 06 02:15 AM It depends what sort of English you mean.  Strictly speaking, what Califjim says applies only to north American English. In British English, the same  sound would be applied to each T: Poh-TAY-Toes Toh-MAH-Toes LeicesterLad Joined on Fri, Sep 16 2005 N E England (Orig from Leicester) Junior Member 81 American English, British English

	CalifJim  +  235101 Mon, 12 Jun 06 04:39 AM Yes.  That's absolutely right. EyeSeeYou had asked specifically about American English in a previous post. Unfortunately, we did not mention that AmE was again the focus in this thread, which would have avoided the confusion. CJ CalifJim American English