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The Flap T
Water, better, city — how Americans soften T between vowels.
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Pre-rhotic vowels that refuse to sit still.
Think / this. Same letters, wildly different tongues.
The laziest vowel does most of the work.
When L goes guttural at the back of the mouth.
Stress-timing: the secret metronome of English.