Re:Nobody Pronounces the 'B' in 'Debt'
by rahimnathwani on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @08:44AM
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Wait until you hear someone say 'caveat'.
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Good point, I really have no clue what that sounds like.
The poem _The Chaos_ ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1edPxKqiptw&t=12s ) is about this sort of thing, written by a Dutch teacher of English pronunciation.
(but even that mass of examples does not include debt, doubt or caveat)
Re:Nobody Pronounces the 'B' in 'Debt'
by rahimnathwani on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @08:57AM
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I had a colleague (very smart guy, with excellent written English) who didn't believe me when I told him caveat was not pronounced the same as 'cave at'.