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honestrosewater
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My linguistics book says that some people pronounce the following words differently, but it doesn't say how these people pronounce the words! So... what do you do?
(I think they're talking about American English, but any English dialect is welcome.)
witch - which
horse - hoarse
morning - mourning
sot - sought
cot - caught
bawdy - body
father - farther
Mary - merry - marry
poor - pour - pore
I pronounce father and farther differently - there's an /r/ sound after the a, as in far, in the latter. There's no consistent difference in my pronunciations of the others.
(I think they're talking about American English, but any English dialect is welcome.)
witch - which
horse - hoarse
morning - mourning
sot - sought
cot - caught
bawdy - body
father - farther
Mary - merry - marry
poor - pour - pore
I pronounce father and farther differently - there's an /r/ sound after the a, as in far, in the latter. There's no consistent difference in my pronunciations of the others.