How do you say "isn't it" ?

Trimac20   Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:18 am GMT
Sometimes with the 't' and sometimes not. The 'i' in 'it' is a 'schwa' 'e' sound instead of the 'i' of 'kit.'
two   Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:11 pm GMT
In virtually all dialects of North American English (except perhaps some in Atlantic Canada), it is pronounced without the first /t/, and the final /t/ is unreleased. Pronouncing the first /t/ could even sound foreign or hyperarticulate to a North American unless you're British or Australian/New Zealand.
Uriel   Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:48 pm GMT
Even when we just say "isn't" in North America, the T is barely there -- it basically just serves to make us cut off the N more sharply than we would if it was really "izzen". (This is also largely how we distinguish between "can" and "can't" as well, since we don't aspirate the T or change the vowel sound -- can't just ends more sharply than can.)
two   Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:33 pm GMT
I think that alsoo the vowel in "can" is longer than in "can't".
Uriel   Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:46 pm GMT
That, too.