ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoIt must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.message-squaremessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1416arrow-down141
arrow-up1375arrow-down1message-squareIt must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square149fedilink
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoHey what’s the difference between put and putt?
minus-squareBritishDuffer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoPutt is shorthand for “put and only put”.
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAs opposed to “put and do something else”?
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoPhonetically, put: /pʊt/ vs. putt: /pʌt/ ʊ is the sound from words like “book”, “hook”, “pull” or "should. ʌ is the sound from words like “gut”, “double”, “butter”, “luck”, etc.
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThanks! Yes it’s weird. Cut and put sound tutally different wile cut and putt are pronounced the same
Hey what’s the difference between put and putt?
Putt is shorthand for “put and only put”.
No get! Only put
As opposed to “put and do something else”?
Phonetically, put: /pʊt/ vs. putt: /pʌt/
ʊ is the sound from words like “book”, “hook”, “pull” or "should.
ʌ is the sound from words like “gut”, “double”, “butter”, “luck”, etc.
Thanks! Yes it’s weird. Cut and put sound tutally different wile cut and putt are pronounced the same