I love this . I must say it is really interesting how the British accent (most, if it all types) approximate mate “tu” sounds into “chu” sound. I never understood it bc I didn’t 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 “t” as an affricate “tch” when we are more that anle to pronounce the “tu” sound, like in the word “two” but refuse to in “Tuesday” and “tube” and “tuna”. Accent as a study is so interesting man

Usually when languages/ accents approximate a sound like that it’s bc they don’t have it in their language so borrow another sound in their language that is similar (such Nigerian accents using “d” for “th” bc it isn’t a sound in the language. But we fully have “tu” lol so why?

But yeah I was deffo a “toosday” “toob” and “toona” person until I realised everyone said it with a “tch”/ “ch” sound and I changed

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

Okay, SO. British accent at large don’t pronounce Tuesday, tube, tuna, tune as “tu”. What we are actually aiming for is “tyu”. Yes “tyu” as in ‘tuh-you’ but all in one sound. So “tyoosday” “tyoona” “tycoon” and so on.

Now, my fellow phoneticians will know that “t” is pronounced near the front of the mouth at the alveolar ridge (the hard bit right behind you teeth and “y” is pronounced at the soft palate riiight at the back of your throat.