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In most of these cases the final B is itself silent but elongates the previous wovel for me. "dumb" is pronounced longer than "dum", and it's the U that gets el
by hypertele-Xii 5y ago
In most of these cases the final B is itself silent but elongates the previous wovel for me. "dumb" is pronounced longer than "dum", and it's the U that gets elongated. The difference is subtle, but my native tongue has "long wovels" so I'm trained to detect the difference.
- CRConrad 5y agoPaljon suomalaisia täällä?
- hypertele-Xii 5y agoEmpiirisesti ehkä muutama tuhannesta.
- julesnp 5y agoThat's true for the -omb words, but I've never heard anyone elongate the 'u' in any of the -umb words, at least not in Canadian English.