I love this
. I must say it is really interesting how the British accent (most, if it all types) approximate mate âtuâ sounds into âchuâ sound. I never understood it bc I didnât generalise it to all sounds (i think American tv is the reason). https://twitter.com/tajiareed/status/1245729798195986434

Like why do we pronounce the plosives âtâ as an affricate âtchâ when we are more that anle to pronounce the âtuâ sound, like in the word âtwoâ but refuse to in âTuesdayâ and âtubeâ and âtunaâ. Accent as a study is so interesting man
Usually when languages/ accents approximate a sound like that itâs bc they donât have it in their language so borrow another sound in their language that is similar (such Nigerian accents using âdâ for âthâ bc it isnât a sound in the language. But we fully have âtuâ lol so why?
But yeah I was deffo a âtoosdayâ âtoobâ and âtoonaâ person until I realised everyone said it with a âtchâ/ âchâ sound and I changed

Okay I lied I actually do know but itâs a bit to explain so
. I lied again itâs Friday evening in quarantine season, baby, I got all the time in the world, lemme explain.

Okay, SO. British accent at large donât pronounce Tuesday, tube, tuna, tune as âtuâ. What we are actually aiming for is âtyuâ. Yes âtyuâ as in âtuh-youâ but all in one sound. So âtyoosdayâ âtyoonaâ âtycoonâ and so on.
Now, my fellow phoneticians will know that âtâ is pronounced near the front of the mouth at the alveolar ridge (the hard bit right behind you teeth and âyâ is pronounced at the soft palate riiight at the back of your throat.