Salty --> Saldy

Johnny   Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:48 am GMT
I don't tap T's after L's, so salty is never saldy, but I heard some people do that. Is it common? I don't think it is, and I think my way is how most American pronounce it.

However, I tap it if the L is part of another word, so "be able to do it" becomes "be able duh do it".

Am I doing well? Or am I doing good? ;-)
Milton   Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:04 pm GMT
Saldy or Salry (with the spanish intervocalic r)?

salty ---> saldy is voicing, not tapping
salty ---> salry is tapping (flapping)
Uriel   Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:10 am GMT
I do the same things you do, Johnny.
choose   Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:08 pm GMT
>>"be able duh do it".
Thanks. I have always been wondering how to precisely approach the common way of pronouncing it.
Lazar   Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:21 pm GMT
Yeah, I pronounce them the same way you and Uriel do.