Pronunciation of t's

I think it really depends on the dialect/region. I’m from the midwest and noticed I actually don’t pronounce the t at the end of the word very often, and instead use a glottal stop (I think that’s the right term?) Like how in a stereotypical British accent you might use a glottal stop to say “water” like “wa’er”, I’ve noticed myself saying things like “wha’” or “exi’”. All that being said I think I do sort of pronounce the T if there is an S after 🤔 but it’s a very subtle difference in the S sound: “tssss” instead of “ssss”

Start pronouncing the expanded words, what is and it is, you'll never miss your Ts again.

You can try pronouncing the t’s more as d’s to speed things up. Not ubiquitous in the English speaking world but it sounds better than dropping the hard consonant entirely. “Whads” and “ids”.

Instead of trying to pronounce the T, practice doing a glottal stop.

As a native speaker, I believe I usually pronounce those t's at least a little. But, you'll definitely hear native speakers dropping them too. In the early 2000s, saying "whassup" instead of "what's up" as a greeting was such a big thing that there was a Budweiser Super Bowl commercial about it. Then, it was even more of a thing until people got sick of it. If you listen to [the ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJmqCKtJnxM&ab_channel=simongir), you'll hear it normal and casual a few times before the actors get into the obnoxious version.

In my dialect, those sounds almost always get dropped, especially in contractions.

There are some accents which miss out the t sound in some words, but instead of missing it out completely it's replaced by a glottal stop. Some examples of this can be found in many Scottish accents and the cockney accent, although there are undoubtedly more. It is important to note that the glottal stop does make it sound different to if you just remove the t entirely. Saying it without it makes you sound like you're slurring your words. These accents are the exception to the rule, as you'll find that the majority of other English-speaking accents all pronounce the t. In my own accent (if I'm not taking care to pronounce things "properly"), words with a middle t-sound like Scottish, water, butter become "Sco'ish", "wa'er" and "bu'er", and words that end in t like can't, don't, what etc become "can' ","don' ", "wha' ". If you're skipping the t-sound in these words that have an ts on the end (like for contractions or signifying ownership or plural) then the t gets skipped over before pronouncing the s, like in your example.

Many native speakers will pronounce just the s sound in casual speech, BUT will still strive to enunciate the T when they're trying to sound professional, because it's perceived to be a feature of casual speech, and clearly enunciating helps you be better understood in such a context where you would want to be better understood. Now, could it could be considered discriminatory toward people who haven't had the exposure or opportunity in life to practice their verbal skills in a higher register than they are used to? Maybe, but it doesn't change the fact that people will perceive you as less professional if you don't enunciate the T. It's a common joke on r/BlackPeopleTwitter that black people are bilingual because they also speak "white". So basically, you will be understood in casual speech; however, if you want to be perceived as a native speaker, then you'd have to be at least capable of code-switching registers in, say, a job interview. If you still can't do it but don't want to appear unprofessional, then trying to imitate a native speaker could actually hurt you, since people are more likely to perceive someone who speaks with an accent as more professional (wow your English is so good, I'm impressed) than someone who appears to be a native speaker speaking in an "unprofessional" manner (you couldn't even make the effort to speak professionally in an interview, why would I hire you?)

In US English "T"s inside a word will be pronounced as a "D" in fast/casual/etc speech. So "water" is wad-er (vs the UK English dropping the R instead with watt-ah) Some accents drop T all together in fast/casual speech. Like in the US you can hear bu'in instead of button or the UK but-tin. So is it replaced with an S? Not that I can think of at the moment. But is it always pronounced? Sometimes not depending on region and formality but mostly only in the middle of multiple syllable words.

Tends to be more of a 'zzz' sound than an 'ssss' sound, so it's can become izzzz (but not is or s), or what's become wozzzzz.

I’ll say this: Yes, different regional accents on English differ in how they pronounce letters. I’m from California, and I don’t say the t’s in “button”or “important”, and when I say words like “better” or “letter”, the double t sounds like a d-sound. That being said, I’ve met quite a few people from all over the US and a decent amount of people from other countries, I’ve heard a bunch of different ways to pronounce t’s, and I understand 95% of them.

All depends on dialect. I’m a southern native speaker and t’s are often dropped or replaced. Seems like you’ve heard southern dialect because that’s exactly how I say the words you used. I pronounce“ What’s that? “ like “ Whastat?” or “Wha stat?” and I say “ It’s “ the same way as you but I wanna say with more of a z sound. Like “ It’s over there” would sound like “ iz over dere” from me

In my dialect, these get pronounced, but they kind of merge with the s into one /ts/ sound, nearly the same as what the German *z* represents.

It depends on the dialect but I would say most Americans will drop the “t” and replace it with a glottal t. But it all depends on the person. If you wanna practice glottal t sounds this [video](https://youtu.be/Vabg-EUHOQk?si=qxeHWz37wbGJWuah) has been helpful!

I pronounce both with a glottal stop

Are you trying out a particular accent? In General American Accent, "t" is always pronounced as /t/ before an /s/ sound, though I've heard some AVEE speakers saying "thassit". I think you don't need get yourself worked up, though, it's pretty understandable Source: https://www.goalsenglish.com/lessons/the-stop-t-in-american-english

As long as people understand u you’re fine. 

In these types of words, yes, native speakers pronounce the t. I often see non-native speakers struggle with this, though, so you're not alone.

T is one of those sounds you tend to skip when talking fast. One I almost always skip is when pronouncing "twenty". Besides, most languages pronounce the T by pressing the tongue against the top teeth, while in English you pronounce it placing your tongue against the palate, making it extra-hard to properly pronounce. Nevertheless, I don't think those T's you mention should be skipped.

As long as you pronounce that as 'ss' and not 'z' then you're good. But if you wanna be more formal you'd say what-ss or that-ss or it-ss. I imagine it can take a bit of practice not to overdo it and sound like a snake but once you got the hang of it it'll be second nature

In my area of the Midwest we frequently swap the T for a D sound on words like water (wah-der), what’s up (whad-zup or whad-sup). Tortoise is a fun one, because words starting with T make the proper T sound, but the second t doesn’t, so it sounds like Tor-dis Then there are words like Watch, Match, Catch, Hatch where we just completely drop the T and make the “A” a little longer, match (Maah-ch)