Flap t after r sound

GoesStation said:

I assume you're studying American pronunciation. I can't detect any difference in the way I pronounce the t in those words.

As to what you're doing wrong, you may be worrying about it too much. Most Americans will naturally reduce those /t/ sounds to flaps, but you'll be understood fine if you don't.

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literally said:

Hello.

I have a question about the flap t.

Is there any difference between the flap t in ''better'' and ''little'', and ''supportive'' and ''party''?

I'm asking this because I can [STRIKE]only[/STRIKE] say "better" and "city" [STRIKE]and[/STRIKE] but when I [STRIKE]tried[/STRIKE] try to say "party" or "supportive" I [STRIKE]found[/STRIKE] find it really hard to do.

[STRIKE]so[/STRIKE] What am I doing wrong here?

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emsr2d2 said:

Welcome to the forum. :hi:

Note my corrections above. It is important to follow these rules of written English at all times:

- Start every sentence with a capital letter.
- End every sentence with one appropriate punctuation mark.
- Always capitalise the word "I" (first person singular pronoun).

I also recommend that you stop worrying about it. Just pronounce the "t" however you can. You can't go wrong if you use a standard "t" in all of those words, rather than trying to use the flap t.

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emsr2d2 said:

It is important to follow these rules of written English at all times:

- Start every sentence with a capital letter.
- End every sentence with one appropriate punctuation mark.
- Always capitalise the word "I" (first person singular pronoun).

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literally said:

thank your for your feedback and corrections.
i know but i'm confused why i can do this but i can't do this!!

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