Timeline for When did the British and the Americans start to pronounce "o" (as in "God") differently?
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| Jan 25, 2019 at 21:48 | comment | added | Lambie | Not all Americans say gawd. I think this word, all things being equal (excluding regionalisms on both sides of the Altantic) is pronounced the same way. Not everyone breathalizes the o in god into the a of father. | |
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| Mar 26, 2017 at 19:09 | comment | added | herisson | @MaxB: That's another type. Lenition after /n/ is not as widespread, but it's still fairly common across North America. | |
| Mar 26, 2017 at 19:04 | comment | added | MWB | The example was "winter" / "winner" confusion, which I don't think is normal (Perhaps it sounds this way to the British) | |
| Mar 26, 2017 at 18:16 | comment | added | herisson | @MaxB: What I meant was the pronunciation of "t" between vowels as a voiced sound, often merged or nearly merged with "d," as in "latter" = "ladder." This is very common in North American English, and less extensive in British English. | |
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| Mar 26, 2017 at 6:16 | comment | added | MWB | t-lenition - isn't that dialectal (maybe Southern or AA)? | |
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| Mar 20, 2017 at 4:29 | history | answered | herisson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |