Rainb0wSkeppy@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 4 months agoghoti rulelemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoWhen I hear an American with the caught/cot merger say “caught”, it sounds way more similar to my (unmerged) “cot” than my “caught”
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI believe you. I meant more that it “won” conceptually than phonetically. To an American ear it sounds more like “aw” or “ah” than “o”.
When I hear an American with the caught/cot merger say “caught”, it sounds way more similar to my (unmerged) “cot” than my “caught”
I believe you. I meant more that it “won” conceptually than phonetically. To an American ear it sounds more like “aw” or “ah” than “o”.