SL Rockfish
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Mixture, M-I-X-T-U-R-E, and gesture.
Notice the pattern, T-U-R-E.
Future, nature, picture, culture, feature, adventure, mixture, nurture, and gesture.
The pattern, most of these end in T-U-R-E.
That ending almost always sounds like chur.
Got it?
Chur, not tour, chur.
Okay, you got that?
Keep that in your head.
Okay, I got it.
But why does this happen?
Here's the down and dirty explanation.
Your mouth is lazy.
What?
Yes, really.
English speakers naturally blend sounds to speak faster.
I'm sure other languages do it too, but I only know about English.
What happens is the T is made with the tongue forward.
Notice where your tongue goes when you make the T sound.
And the U sound in the U pulls the tongue up.