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The Consonants of American English

an alveolar consonant: Kítten, bútton, dídn’t, shóuldn’t, kéttle, líttle, ládle, túnnel. (Keep reading to find out about how the /t/ sound can change when a syllabic /n/ comes after it.) In American English, /r/ often acts like a vowel sound in words like her, learn, word, water, and butterfly.

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