t/t/
Touch the tip or front edge of your tongue to the roof of your mouth just behind your teeth. Keep your jaw relaxed. Stop the air, then release with a puff.
How to pronounce tune in American English
TOON
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Americans pronounce tune as TOON (/tun/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Can you play that tune on the guitar?".
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oo/u/
Round your lips into a tight circle. Let your tongue rest in the middle of your mouth, slightly raised.
n/n/
Touch the tip or front edge of your tongue to the roof of your mouth behind your teeth. Air flows through your nose.
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Is the American pronunciation of "tune" different from British English?
American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "TOON" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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