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minus-squareEdanGrey@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up37arrow-down1·1 month agoIs this a pronunciation thing? Those words are not homophones where I am
minus-squareMs. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·1 month agoMost 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
minus-squareGregor@gregtech.eulinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·1 month agoHow to sound American tutorial
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month agoNah, we pronunce them very differently here in the midwest. They sound as different as matter and madder.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI’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.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoAmericans pronounce Ts as Ds
minus-squareMr_Blott@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoOnce had some twat laugh at me for the way I pronounced “waddur boddle”
Is this a pronunciation thing? Those words are not homophones where I am
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
How to sound American tutorial
Nah, we pronunce them very differently here in the midwest. They sound as different as matter and madder.
America is big lol
A bit, yeah.
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.
Same in the northeast
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Americans pronounce Ts as Ds
Once had some twat laugh at me for the way I pronounced “waddur boddle”