@[email protected] to [email protected] • edit-25 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-square161fedilinkarrow-up1427arrow-down140
arrow-up1387arrow-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.@[email protected] to [email protected] • edit-25 months agomessage-square161fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•5 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@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 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