I can’t relate to this, but I have to give props for the first linguistics confession I’ve seen on this site. Well-designed, too!
yes. yes. YES.
KRISSY READ THIS AND LOVE ME.
I would unmerge them if I could figure out how without changing my whole accent. It annoys me too! Also “where/were” — I just can’t quite manage the “wh” reliably. :-(
Edit: where/wear are a better pair. My where/were have different vowel sounds.
(Source: glottalplosive)
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What about /kɔfi/, (coffee as in “Cawfee” Talk with Linda Richman a.k.a. Mike Myers on SNL)? Watch this and u will get a...
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Or the elimination of the English subjunctive mood?
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Samesies. No matter what, I can’t hear the distinction.
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I would unmerge them if I could figure out how without changing my whole accent. It annoys me too! Also “where/were” — I...
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yes. yes. YES. KRISSY READ THIS AND LOVE ME.
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For you (and me) the vowel sounds have merged, but other people in other places do pronounce them differently....
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oh god, yes, yes this
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Wait…people pronounce those words…differently? Because they’re both pronounced the same to me.
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Hm. I didn’t think there was much of a difference, but I see you’re right. I use the higher sound for ‘caught’...
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In that case: both my cot and caught sound like the shorter word (cot), the higher vowel. Higher in a sense of how open...
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/ɔ/ seems like such a great vowel and
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I have a very slight differentiation that I really only know of because I’ve studied it specifically a bit. Otherwise,...
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I’m partially cot-caught merged- I produce the distinction much more clearly than I perceive it- and it’s really...
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is awesome! and so is the cot-caught merger!
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Linguistics confessions?
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do my linguistics confession:...a FOOT/STRUT split because I’m from the East Midlands of...
