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Help[Opinions] It depends on the accent (m)
in reply to a message by Akua Topaz
I know that lots of Americans merge those sounds, but some don't. I can hear a very slight distinction between "ah" and a short "O" when I say them, for instance, although it's much more obvious when I put on a fake British accent.
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That's true
I shouldn't have been so general. But for most Americans, there is little or no difference.
I shouldn't have been so general. But for most Americans, there is little or no difference.
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I have a bit of a California accent (I lived in L.A. until I was five), and I noticed that California wasn't on your list of places with the cot-caught merger, so I think that explains it in my case. I live in Illinois now, though, so I'll have to pay attention to the people around me and see if they use that merger.
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