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Really? I never would have guessed. It’s probably different for other accents, but with an Australian accent a word spelled like that would never be pronounced
by jamesrcole 6y ago
Really? I never would have guessed. It’s probably different for other accents, but with an Australian accent a word spelled like that would never be pronounced like “cocoon”.
- andrewshadura 6y agoThat's surprising, since I'd expect Australian accents to pronounce the first "o" as a schwa (think the second "o" in "doctor"), which is in a way similar to the French "a".
- sullyj3 6y agoI'm australian, and I pronounce them identically, with the schwa
- jamesrcole 6y agoIt’s the “Kak” bit. We’d say it in a way that rhymes with “back”. But we’d say “Coc” in “Cocoon” in a way that sounds like “cook”.
- jamesrcole 6y ago...for the record, I got that slightly wrong. Australian pronounciation of the initial "Co" in "Cocoon" is more like "Kuh".