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Hadar Shemesh shows how stress changes pronunciation. In "critic" the T sounds like a light D because the stress falls on the first syllable. In "critique" the T is sharp and strong because the stress moves to the second syllable.

Hadar Shemesh shows how stress changes pronunciation. In "critic" the T sounds like a light D because the stress falls on the first syllable. In "critique" the T is sharp and strong because the stress moves to the second syllable.
Practice primary stress with me. Critic versus critique. Critic, critic, critique. He's a critic. He wrote a critique. Critic, critique. Notice what happens to the T here. Critic, here the T is flapped. Critic sounds like a light D. And critique, here we have a strong aspirated T. T, T, critique.

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