[Magdalen] Mary, Marry, and Merry

[Simon Kershaw]

The trouble with suggesting other words that rhyme with the one under 
discussion is that other people may pronounce those words differently 
too. Hence of course the IPA, but that's hard for ordinary people and 
hard in email too.

I pronounce "aunt" as ah-nt, but "want" as w-ont (but not like wont 
which is pronounced woe-nt or woh-nt!) Aunt rhymes with can't 
("cah-nt"). "Ant" and "can" both have a short "a", which I don't think I 
can represent for US speakers!

simon


On 2020-05-19 03:10, Christopher Hart wrote:
> OK, as long this thread is going into other pronunciation quirks who
> pronounces Aunt and Ant the same as each other? I rhyme Aunt with want 
> and
> Ant with can't.


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Simon Kershaw
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