T can be pronounced in different ways in American English depending on its context. T sounds like a D between two vowels, like in "city" and "little". T is silent after N, so words like "mountain" and "kitten" don't start with a hard T sound. And placing T before N results in a glottal stop, or brief pause, such as in "internet" and "twenty".

1. Letter T
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2. The letter T in American English is pronounced
in a variety of ways, all based on the
circumstances. Let's look at some common
words with T, and how to pronounce them.

3. city -------------> SI dee
little ------------> LI dul
water-----------> WA der
ability-----------> uh BI li dee
T sounds like D when there is a T
between two vowels.
SPELLING -------> SOUNDS LIKE

4. internet -------------> INnernet
interview ------------> INnerview
twenty---------------> TWENee
enter-----------------> ENer
frontend-------------->frunend
T is silent after the letter N
SPELLING -------> SOUNDS LIKE

5. mountain-------------> MOU - in
kitten----------------> KI-in
curtain---------------> CUR-in
forgotten-------------> furGO-in
T is glottal stop before the letter N
SPELLING -------> SOUNDS LIKE