When it comes to pronouncing words like ‘written,’ it can be hard to tell there are any ‘t’s in the word unless you see it, well, written. Turns out there’s a linguistic term for this t-dropping: ...

A reader asked me why some people omit the "t" sound in certain words. I was happy to learn the practice had a fun name: T-glottalization. I learned a couple of other things, too. The vocal cords are ...

If you associate with American females in the age range of roughly 15-25, or if you are one yourself, I bet you have heard the word important pronounced in roughly this way: imPOR-unh. I first started ...

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