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submitted 3 months ago by Rainb0wSkeppy@lemmy.world to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

When I hear an American with the caught/cot merger say "caught", it sounds way more similar to my (unmerged) "cot" than my "caught"

[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I believe you. I meant more that it "won" conceptually than phonetically. To an American ear it sounds more like "aw" or "ah" than "o".

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Oh yeah, maybe. I don't really know how you'd measure that.