Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Pop quiz

Read the following line aloud.

I can't, can you? You can't, can you? I can't.


Did you read it aloud? Seriously, not in your head, aloud.

Are you sure.

Okay, then you can continue.

Did you pronounce can and can't with the same vowel sound?

Before you did that, did you think you pronounced can and can't with the same vowel sound?

I was absolutely 100% certain I pronounced them the same. But it turns out I don't. I wonder how many other things I don't pronounce the way I think I do. Maybe this is why I always had so much trouble with phonetics.

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