Re:Nobody Pronounces the 'B' in 'Debt'
by nicoburns on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @09:30AM
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> Now you make me wonder if English speakers ever pronounce dept. literally.
Not often, but "dept" if sometimes used as a short form of "department" in written form, and I've heard people pronounce it literally before. It certainly can be pronounced distinctly from both "debt" and "depth" by native english speakers.
Not often, but "dept" if sometimes used as a short form of "department" in written form, and I've heard people pronounce it literally before. It certainly can be pronounced distinctly from both "debt" and "depth" by native english speakers.