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Yes, I was thinking ESL, no big deal either way. Noticed with the pronunciation of cupboard as two separate words.
by ricardo81 4y ago
Yes, I was thinking ESL, no big deal either way. Noticed with the pronunciation of cupboard as two separate words.
- thaumasiotes 4y agoESL is not a likely explanation for someone using a pronunciation of "foliage" that is counterindicated by the spelling. (It is a much more likely explanation for pronouncing cupboard according to the spelling.)
- ricardo81 4y agoI think more along the lines of what people hear everyday. If you're in an English speaking country day in day out, you will hear it phonetically. If not, much more possibility of interpreting a written word differently.
- thaumasiotes 4y ago> If you're in an English speaking country day in day out, you will hear it phonetically. Yes, that's how you get pronunciations that differ from the spelling. If a word is rare enough, its pronunciation will be regularized to match its spelling. And for a foreign speaker, almost all words are that rare.