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Homophones (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by wzl@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 34 points 11 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] gregor 26 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How to sound American tutorial

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] droans@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 3 points 11 months ago

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!

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

America is big lol

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago

A bit, yeah.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

Same in the northeast

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 4 points 11 months ago

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