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adastra22
197 days ago
You don’t pronounce all the letters?
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4ggr0
197 days ago
no. ever heard of silent letters?
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adastra22
197 days ago
I'm a native speaker of English, northern California dialect. I pronounce every one of those letters, to varying degrees. Some just affect the mouth shape by subtle amounts, but it is there.
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basscomm
196 days ago
> I pronounce every one of those letters, to varying degrees
That must be fun any time you talk about Worcestershire (the sauce or the place).
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adastra22
196 days ago
I was only talking about the examples given.
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