• chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    No, the t isn’t silent. It’s just a Japanese sound. Tsu (つ) is the character, and there is a “T” sound in there. The TS sound is the same one at the end of “that’s” or “its”.

    English speakers just say it wrong.