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ILE Posted 15 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Comma and Karma are homophones?

I assume right from the start that the words comma and karma are homophones, aren't they?

Thanks.

Isabelle
  

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Definitely not. There's no r sound in comma and the o is shorter than the first a in karma. Rover

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  • Definitely not.
  • There's no r sound in comma and the o is shorter than the first a in karma.
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Definitely not.

There's no r sound in comma and the o is shorter than the first a in karma.

Rover
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I do apologize, Rover. It seems to me now I've completely ignored the r sound in Karma. How can I be so ignorant!

Thanks for noticing me on this and also that "the o is shorter than the first a in karma".

Thanks, Rover.

Isabelle
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Actually these two words are homophones in dialects where post-vocalic Rs aren't pronounced and dialects that don't make a distinction between these two vowels sounds, and pronounce them both like the a in karma (Americans generally don't distinguish between these two vowels). One example where these two conditions meet is the traditional New York accent. Nowadays, however, most New
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I agree that these might be homophones in New York City, but not in most places where English is spoken.

CJ
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