My american accent

[birdeen's call]

This is an interesting point. Can anybody provide some examples contrasting palatalized vs plain T's?

[ˈkwɛsʧən]
[ˈkwɛstjən]

What about aspiration?, such as in [p] at the beginning of a word like pin. Is the [t] in "To" aspirated?.

Yes.

[lingokid]

Not bad at all.....I love to listen to the accent my Texan colleague at work has:):):)!!!!!....they call it the Southern U.S. "twang":):)