Do you pronounce "cot" & "caught" differently? #Language #Short
The cot-caught merger: a dialectal difference and early literacy instruction – Do You Read Me?
Language is always evolving, with new words (bingeable, superspreader), new expressions (I can’t even), and even shifting syntax (Have you any? vs Do you have any?) and grammar (the fading subjunctive: If I were…). But the main topic of interest today is shifts in pronunciation. The way we pronounce words changes slowly over time, often…
xlerle ~ July 18
Difficult for non-locals to notice, but it is definitely distinct here, and if you do not differentiate them, you are automatically assumed to be Californian.
joemama ~ June 11
Flower and flour also sound the same