How do you pronounce the word direct?
Is it pronounced direct or direct?
There are several ways to pronounce this word, all of which are equally correct, and completely interchangeable. It can be pronounced /dɪrekt/, which can be approximated to dih-rehkt using the “ih” sound as in “it”.
How do you pronounce direct American?
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”.