@ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • edit-27 months 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-square163fedilinkarrow-up1423arrow-down142
arrow-up1381arrow-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-27 months agomessage-square163fedilink
minus-square@merc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink6•7 months 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.worldlinkfedilink2•7 months 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