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for questions about the sound, stress, or intonation of spoken words.
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Native speakers never confuse sounds of 'ma'am' and 'man'?
Native speakers of British English pronounce ma’am as /mʌm/ and use it only to address the Queen. So there is no danger of confusing it with man /mæn/ on this side of the Atlantic.
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The T in "stair" and D in "dare"
The initial consonants in ‘tear’ (the verb) and ‘dare’ are distinguished mainly by the fact that initial /t/ is unvoiced and slightly aspirated while initial /d/ is slightly voiced and not aspirated. …
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some questions about pronunciation
In English, pronunciation is not always predictable, but most things do have a reason and it is worth thinking about the reason. …
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Why does the word "coffee" have two "e’s"?
The OED registers the following spellings, just for English, in chronological order:
Forms: α. (15 caoua, chaoua, 16 cahve, coava, coave, cahu, coho, kauhi, kahue, cauwa); β. 16 coffa, caffa, capha; …
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Why do English people pronounce 'sixth' as 'sicth'?
If I am not mistaken, the usual Irish-English pronunciation of “sixth” is [sɪkst] with the famous shift of [θ] to [t]. …
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