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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Do apatite and appetite sound the same?
  

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Yes. )

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Yes. (You can hear their pronunciations at dictionary.com or m-w.com.)
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But they have different symbols at dictionary.com

ap-uh-tahyt,ap-i-tahyt
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AnonymousBut they have different symbols at dictionary.com ap-uh-tahyt,ap-i-tahyt
When it comes to schwas it doesn't matter much what the transcription is. It could be 'uh' or 'i'. Individual speakers will say 'i' for some schwas that are transcribed in dictionaries as 'uh', and some speakers will say 'uh' for the transcriptions with 'i'. These are so unstr

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