Monday, October 25, 2004, 19:08 GMT
Do you pronounce these two words the same way?
What about,
plane and plain
mane and main
male and mail
?
What about,
plane and plain
mane and main
male and mail
?
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Made and Maid
Monday, October 25, 2004, 19:08 GMT
Do you pronounce these two words the same way?
What about, plane and plain mane and main male and mail ?
Monday, October 25, 2004, 19:23 GMT
Yes to all of the above.
Monday, October 25, 2004, 23:50 GMT
I pronounce them the same way. Are there any people that pronounce them differently?
Tuesday, October 26, 2004, 00:34 GMT
Each pair are the same for me. But "there are those who consistently distinguish such pairs as 'mane' vs. 'main' (Swansea Valley) ..." according to J. C. Wells.
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/phonics-phonetics.htm |