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minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoPretty sure “caught” won and “cot” lost in the caught-cot merger. I don’t think most Americans would conceive of it as an “o” sound
minus-squareZagorathlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoWhen I hear an American with the caught/cot merger say “caught”, it sounds way more similar to my (unmerged) “cot” than my “caught”
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoI believe you. I meant more that it “won” conceptually than phonetically. To an American ear it sounds more like “aw” or “ah” than “o”.
minus-squareZagorathlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoOh yeah, maybe. I don’t really know how you’d measure that.
Pretty sure “caught” won and “cot” lost in the caught-cot merger. I don’t think most Americans would conceive of it as an “o” sound
When I hear an American with the caught/cot merger say “caught”, it sounds way more similar to my (unmerged) “cot” than my “caught”
I believe you. I meant more that it “won” conceptually than phonetically. To an American ear it sounds more like “aw” or “ah” than “o”.
Oh yeah, maybe. I don’t really know how you’d measure that.