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My favorite example in English is this sentence: "I peered at a pair of pears on the pier." As a native speaker, the sounds in peer/pair/pear/pier are slightly
by LastNevadan 3y ago
My favorite example in English is this sentence: "I peered at a pair of pears on the pier."
As a native speaker, the sounds in peer/pair/pear/pier are slightly but detectable different. But non-native speakers can almost never say or hear these differences.
- Thorrez 3y agoAs a native English speaker (American) I think "peer" and "pier" are pronounced the same, and that "pair" and "pear" are pronounced the same, but that the 2 groups are pronounced quite differently.