Comments on: T Between Vowels

By: Art trujillo

Art trujillo — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:27:22 +0000

Finally an intelligent comment about the intervocalic T, which softens the sound. About the only time we
Hear maTTer is when we are contrasting it with maDDer.

By: marciepooh

marciepooh — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:38:01 +0000

Hmm, I put (or at least I think I do) a ‘t’ sound in writer, plotting, and metal, with a D they are other words. But I either a ‘d’ or ‘ch’ in congratulation, sitting at my desk at the moment I’m thinking about it too much to say it naturally. As a singer, I have to think about enunciation, at least in choir practice, and I wonder if that makes a difference in singers everyday speech?

By: maven

maven — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:30:01 +0000

I always thought the pronunciation of the t in congratulations sounded more like or “j” or “ch”. Maybe it’s regional. I imagine there must be plenty of words where that sound is represented by the letter “d” though, (e.g. adulation) so maybe this wouldn’t break the connection between the misspelling and the pronunciation.