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Question: Do you pronounce 'cot' and 'caught' the same way?
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Yes, I pronounce 'cot' and 'caught' the same way		  
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No, I pronounce 'cot' and 'caught' differently		  
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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
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« on: July 10, 2020, 04:50:06 PM »
Quote from: Lechasseur on July 10, 2020, 01:48:35 PM
Quote from: Pro-Life Single Issue Voter on July 09, 2020, 09:12:58 PM
No, but I do have the pin-pen merger.  I also don't have the sure-shore merger.

I have neither of those mergers

Seems like I merge nothing lol

So you're one of those drivers who has trouble with interstate-style highways?

You have to be able to merge to get on to them.
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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
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« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2020, 01:21:40 AM »
Quote from: Sev on July 17, 2020, 10:05:29 PM
Those three extra letters aren't there just to make spelling more difficult ..

Only two are.  If English had some mechanism to reform spelling, "caught" would be "caut".
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« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2020, 12:46:41 PM »
Quote from: Lechasseur on July 18, 2020, 03:52:04 AM
Quote from: True Federalist on July 18, 2020, 01:21:40 AM
Quote from: Sev on July 17, 2020, 10:05:29 PM
Those three extra letters aren't there just to make spelling more difficult ..

Only two are.  If English had some mechanism to reform spelling, "caught" would be "caut".

The "gh" was pronounced back in the day and was pronounced like the German "ch".

I'm aware of that, but save for maybe a few very minor dialects, it's not pronounced now, so it shouldn't be in the spelling now.
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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2020, 10:06:14 PM »
Quote from: L.D. Smith on July 18, 2020, 03:57:56 PM
Quote from: True Federalist on July 18, 2020, 12:46:41 PM
Quote from: Lechasseur on July 18, 2020, 03:52:04 AM
Quote from: True Federalist on July 18, 2020, 01:21:40 AM
Quote from: Sev on July 17, 2020, 10:05:29 PM
Those three extra letters aren't there just to make spelling more difficult ..

Only two are.  If English had some mechanism to reform spelling, "caught" would be "caut".

The "gh" was pronounced back in the day and was pronounced like the German "ch".

I'm aware of that, but save for maybe a few very minor dialects, it's not pronounced now, so it shouldn't be in the spelling now.

English spelling is a crapshoot.

Not quite, but it is something only a philologist could love.
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