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But isn't pronouncing the T's in the middle of a word as if they are D's typical of all American speech--not just that of Philadelphians? As opposed to the way the British pronounce the words, I mean.

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You are correct. :)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English (see "The flapping of intervocalic /t/ and /d/ to alveolar tap [ɾ] before unstressed vowels")

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