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Sign of the quintessential American. For me, a Jamaican, "madder" and "matter" are very distinct. And I don't think I'll ever get how a "t" becomes a "d".
by skeledrew 2y ago
Sign of the quintessential American. For me, a Jamaican, "madder" and "matter" are very distinct. And I don't think I'll ever get how a "t" becomes a "d".
- Sharlin 2y ago[t] is just the voiceless version of [d] and vice versa. The more lazily you pronounce the [t] between two vowels, the closer to [d] it becomes because it's less work to just keep the vocal chords vibrating.