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Kekel Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

son vs. sun

0 Iis there a difference in the pronounciation of 01b00son 02b00and 01b00sun02b00??02br
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0 Don't think so. 02br 02br 00 Pronunciation: 05000s05100n02br 00 for both in M-W unabridged dictionary. gifw598

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 Don't think so.
  • 02br 02br 00 Pronunciation: 05000s05100n02br 00 for both in M-W unabridged dictionary.
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0 Don't think so. 02br
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0 Thanks a lot!!0-
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0 I think certain dialects of Scots distinguish them: son /sIn/ sun /sVn/, and perhaps Middle English did as well, but most dialects today no longer distinguish them.0-
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0 Let me just add that, in standard British English, the pronunciation of both words is [sʌn], rather than [sɘn].0-
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0>> Let me just add that, in standard British English, the pronunciation of both words is [sʌn], rather than [sɘn]. <<02br
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00I believe that in many dictionaries, the symbol <ɘ> can represent both IPA /ʌ/ and /ɘ/, because dictionaries tend to use different phonetic alphabets.0-
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01cite10Marvin A.12cite10>> Let me just add that, in standard British English, the pronunciation of both words is [sʌn], rather than [sɘn]. <<12br
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