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[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 days ago (15 children)

Is this a pronunciation thing? Those words are not homophones where I am

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago (12 children)

Most everyone I know would pronounce them the same. The Pacific northwest hates pronouncing the letter 't', either turning it into a 'd' sound, slurring past it, or at the end of words dropping it entirely

[–] VindictiveJudge 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm from the PNW. I do pronounce the T sound in latter. I also put more emphasis on the first syllable than I do when pronouncing ladder.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Same in the northeast

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