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  • So there's this guy on TikTok who has this  thing about Californians dropping the T. 

    在TikTok上有一個人,他對加州人丟掉T有意見。

  • He's sort of right but he's not all the way right.

    他算是對的,但他不是完全對的。

  • There's this trend going around that Californians  

    現在有這樣一種趨勢,即加利福尼亞人

  • don't pronounce the letter T in their  words. So if you're from California do  

    在他們的詞中不發字母T的音。是以,如果你來自加利福尼亞,你會

  • write this. I'm going to put some words on the  screen, I want to hear how you pronounce them

    這樣寫。我要把一些詞放在螢幕上,我想聽聽你是怎麼發音的。

  • Okay.

    好的。

  • Santa Ana 

    聖安娜

  • Monterey

    蒙特利

  • So, what's happening here? Is it  

    那麼,這裡發生了什麼?它是

  • every T follows the pattern nt vowel diphthong? And that's a known situation where Americans  

    每個T都遵循nt元音雙音的模式?而這是一個已知的情況,美國人

  • not just Californians will often drop the T. Other examples: I want it

    不僅僅是加州人會經常丟掉T,其他例子。我想要它。

  • want it, no t. I can't even, no t. 

    我甚至不能,不能。

  • The internet's down, no t. I have a job interview next week. No t. 

    網絡中斷了,沒有T。我下週有一個工作面試。沒有T。

  • I identify with you. No t. I need twenty bucks. No t. 

    我認同你的觀點。不,我需要20塊錢。沒有T。

  • Want to know more? Check out Rachel's English silent T.

    想知道更多嗎?請看Rachel的英語無聲T。

So there's this guy on TikTok who has this  thing about Californians dropping the T. 

在TikTok上有一個人,他對加州人丟掉T有意見。

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