Is the T silent in exactly?
In practice, yes it is virtually silent unless one makes a special effort to pronounce it. When we have a consonant cluster here /ktl/ one sound is often not heard. The linguistice term for it is “dissimilation”.
How do you say three?
How do you pronounce tr in British English?
pronunciation: tr->chr/tu->chu in English (England)
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