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My favourite example: "banana" has three a's, no two of which are pronounced the same.
by smnrchrds 5y ago
My favourite example: "banana" has three a's, no two of which are pronounced the same.
- BalinKing 5y agoI think I pronounce the first and last a's the same (specifically, as /ə/)... it must be a dialectical difference (mine is General American English).
- rgoulter 5y agoThat's a good example. I am amused by "record" being pronounced differently whether it's a verb or a noun.
- auxbuss 5y agoThey're called heteronyms, and there are a lot of them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteronym_(linguistics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteronym_(linguistics)
- auxbuss 5y agopanorama is similar.