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wzl@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

Homophones

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wzl@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 4 months ago
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  • EdanGrey@sh.itjust.works
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    Is this a pronunciation thing? Those words are not homophones where I am

    • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip
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      Most everyone I know would pronounce them the same. The Pacific northwest hates pronouncing the letter ‘t’, either turning it into a ‘d’ sound, slurring past it, or at the end of words dropping it entirely

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        How to sound American tutorial

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          Nah, we pronunce them very differently here in the midwest. They sound as different as matter and madder.

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            Interesting… I’m from NJ and there’s no audible difference between ladder and latter here, nor between madder and matter. However, my parents are both from different parts of NJ than where I was raised, and they do pronounce them differently!

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            I’m also in the Midwest (Indiana) and have the opposite experience.

            They might not be perfect homophones but you’re rarely using a full hard T sound. Usually something between a d and t sound.

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          America is big lol

          • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            A bit, yeah.

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            Removed by mod

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              Alright, settle down

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        I’m from the PNW. I do pronounce the T sound in latter. I also put more emphasis on the first syllable than I do when pronouncing ladder.

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          Same in the northeast

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        I’m from NJ and there’s no audible difference between ladder and latter here. Both have a D sound.

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        deleted by creator

    • smeg@feddit.uk
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      Americans pronounce Ts as Ds

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        Once had some twat laugh at me for the way I pronounced “waddur boddle”

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