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Almost. I'm Polish, so I know how to pronounce "Bytów", but I got confused for a moment if maybe I didn't know hot to say "bit" in English…
Wiktionary says "bit" is pronounced as [bit] using IPA.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bit
Wiktionary also says "Bytów" is pronounced as IPA: [ˈbɨtuf], AS: [bytuf].
You can listen to it here:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Pl-Byt%C...
London, South African, Southern American "lip" is one example of this vowel:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_central_unrounded_vowel
Anyway I was born in Gdańsk so now I'll be self conscious about yet another thing I mispronounce in English.
Almost. I'm Polish, so I know how to pronounce "Bytów", but I got confused for a moment if maybe I didn't know hot to say "bit" in English…
Wiktionary says "bit" is pronounced as [bit] using IPA.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bit
Wiktionary also says "Bytów" is pronounced as IPA: [ˈbɨtuf], AS: [bytuf].
You can listen to it here:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Pl-Byt%C...
London, South African, Southern American "lip" is one example of this vowel:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_central_unrounded_vowel