how to pronounce these consonants (RP)?

Question

as indicated in the capital letters

consonant T:
set one:
Train
set two:
feeT
set three:
Tie

consonant D:
set one:
Drain
set two:
feeD
set three:
Die

for those consonants, is it true that set one and set two are the same and set three is different?

Answer 1

No. They are all pronounced as the same sound in each set.

Answer 2

I am not sure that set one and two are the same and set three is different...
One of the subjects i had at college was phonolgy but i can't remember that much.
What i can say is that both sounds "t" and "d" are "plosive" sounds and in set three both are pronounced with a strong sound, while in set one the sound is more "fricative" even though they are not "fricative" consonants, and in set 2 the sound is much softer.
If you ckeck a complete pronunciation dictionary, you will see that all of these sets "t" and "d" should have a different phonological symbol next to it, e.g: t+a small "h" next to it in "tie", etc. I can't remeber those symbols right now.

Answer 3

No, the consonants in all the sets, for T and D are pronounced similarly

Answer 4

Set two doesn't rhyme exactly but are similar. Also the train is pronounced "chrain" and drain is pronounced "jrain".

Answer 5

A linguist will tell you that the third of each set is more 'aspirated' (I think that is the word), more pushed out of the mouth with breath and force.

Answer 6

Not really