@ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • edit-21 year agoIt must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.message-square98fedilinkarrow-up1364arrow-down135
arrow-up1329arrow-down1message-squareIt must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.@ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • edit-21 year agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-square@merc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink4•1 year agoPhonetically, put: /pʊt/ vs. putt: /pʌt/ ʊ is the sound from words like “book”, “hook”, “pull” or "should. ʌ is the sound from words like “gut”, “double”, “butter”, “luck”, etc.
minus-square@Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•1 year agoThanks! Yes it’s weird. Cut and put sound tutally different wile cut and putt are pronounced the same
Phonetically, put: /pʊt/ vs. putt: /pʌt/
ʊ is the sound from words like “book”, “hook”, “pull” or "should.
ʌ is the sound from words like “gut”, “double”, “butter”, “luck”, etc.
Thanks! Yes it’s weird. Cut and put sound tutally different wile cut and putt are pronounced the same