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minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·8 days agoNah, we pronunce them very differently here in the midwest. They sound as different as matter and madder.
minus-squareklemptor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoInteresting… I’m from NJ and there’s no audible difference between ladder and latter here, nor between madder and matter. However, my parents are both from different parts of NJ than where I was raised, and they do pronounce them differently!
minus-squaredroans@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoI’m also in the Midwest (Indiana) and have the opposite experience. They might not be perfect homophones but you’re rarely using a full hard T sound. Usually something between a d and t sound.
Nah, we pronunce them very differently here in the midwest. They sound as different as matter and madder.
Interesting… I’m from NJ and there’s no audible difference between ladder and latter here, nor between madder and matter. However, my parents are both from different parts of NJ than where I was raised, and they do pronounce them differently!
I’m also in the Midwest (Indiana) and have the opposite experience.
They might not be perfect homophones but you’re rarely using a full hard T sound. Usually something between a d and t sound.