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I asked this question in a different thread and did not receive a response,

Why do some people pronounce all Tav’s with the hard sound “t” and never use the “s” sound. As far as I remember (correct me if I am wrong) Tav is pronounced /t/ when there is a Dagesh Kal in it and pronounced /s/ when there is not. It’s possible that I’m wrong but I think that there is no Dagesh in the Tav in the words kesuba, Shabbos, Mitzvosai (AKA Ketuba, Shabbat, Mitzvotai) just some words I came across recently.

I know this is the Israeli accent but that is not the correct havara (at least by ashkenazim.

Anyone?