T-tapping
The process of t-tapping, also known as t-voicing, is an allophonic process by which a /t/ is realised as a voiced alveolar tap [ɾ]. It is mostly associated with accents such as American and Canadian English, as well as Australian and New Zealand English. However, it is a common feature of other accents of English from England, including SSBE, especially of younger generations. It occurs intervocalically in words like British [brɪɾɪʃ], getting [geɾɪŋ], and across word boundaries as in that is [ðæɾɪz], what if [wɒɾɪf].
More on t-tapping here.
These are some examples of t-tapping in SSBE (left) and Australian English (right).
Yeah, pre[ɾ]y much, there’s a lo[ɾ] of green… a lo[ɾ] of green, yes, a lo[ɾ] of green screen. |
And she’s an architect in New York Ci[ɾ]i… if you wear a li[ɾ]le bit of red you are gonna get lucky on a da[ʔ]e. It’s pre[ɾ]i interesting to be a ca[ɾ] al day, doing a lo[ɾ] of like… I mean it’s cool, they have a li[ɾ]le box on the side… |