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[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 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

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 days ago (7 children)

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[–] spankmonkey 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Nah, we pronunce them very differently here in the midwest. They sound as different as matter and madder.

[–] droans 3 points 4 days ago

I'm also in the Midwest (Indiana) and have the opposite experience.

They might not be perfect homophones but you're rarely using a full hard T sound. Usually something between a d and t sound.

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