ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agoIt must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.message-squaremessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIt must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoHey what’s the difference between put and putt?
minus-squareBritishDuffer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoPutt is shorthand for “put and only put”.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoPhonetically, put: /pʊt/ vs. putt: /pʌt/ ʊ is the sound from words like “book”, “hook”, “pull” or "should. ʌ is the sound from words like “gut”, “double”, “butter”, “luck”, etc.
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThanks! Yes it’s weird. Cut and put sound tutally different wile cut and putt are pronounced the same
Hey what’s the difference between put and putt?
Putt is shorthand for “put and only put”.
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Phonetically, put: /pʊt/ vs. putt: /pʌt/
ʊ is the sound from words like “book”, “hook”, “pull” or "should.
ʌ is the sound from words like “gut”, “double”, “butter”, “luck”, etc.
Thanks! Yes it’s weird. Cut and put sound tutally different wile cut and putt are pronounced the same