[General] how to pronounce this words ?

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Originally Posted by Raymott

In a linguistic sense, the use of a glottal stop is more likely to be a sociocultural variant than a product of sheer laziness. There is probably a correlation between a glottal stop in 'bottle', and a /k/ on the end of something - /somethink/. If laziness was the cause, why go to extra trouble of making a hard /k/. Also, I'm not convinced that a glottal stop takes less effort to produce than a /t/.

Raymott, you're absolutely right. As I was typing "sheer laziness", it struck me that it may not be the reason behind it, but I couldn't think of anything more appropriate!

Ah yes, something becoming "sumfink". That used to drive me mad at school!

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Originally Posted by The Phoenix

twenties - thirties
i know how to pronounce them but i heard people - like me they are not native speakers - pronounce them with out the last t while i pronounce both of the Ts in this words
i am truly sry because you might think my question ridiculous but i've been confused about this for awhile
please help me

In the word "twenty" the second t sound is often left out by native speakers when speaking quickly. This is called t deletion, which happens with some degree of frequency in ordinary conversational English. The t sound is often left out by native speakers when it comes after "n". Another example is the word "mountain". If you haven't already, take a look here: T sound in American English.

As for the word "thirties", we pronounce the second t.