> It is common to fail to distinguish running from run-in, or pin from pen. The pin-pen merger is a reality for millions of people all over the country, and we

> It is common to fail to distinguish running from run-in, or pin from pen. The pin-pen merger is a reality for millions of people all over the country, and we are understanding each other and everyone else just fine. Check the map: https://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/maps/Map3.html https://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/maps/Map3.html Also, as a person who actually had years of speech therapy despite a very early mastery of reading, it's honestly a bit offensive to see you conflating the two subjects here. Mutual misunderstandings while reading between two people who each speak different dialects is not a form of speech pathology. Teaching someone else your dialect through reading with them does not correct genuine speech pathology either.