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How are you pronouncing “yaht” ? I (American) would read “yaht” and “yot” exactly the same way.

• junon 10mo ago
  Assuming it's similar to "folly" vs. "foley".
  • Koshkin 10mo ago
    Not even close.
    • junon 10mo ago
      Care to expand?
      • Koshkin 10mo ago
        Sure: “yaht” and “yot” sound virtually the same (at least in American English), only maybe slightly different in the length of the vowel; “folly” and “foley”, on the other hand, sound very different from one another.
        • junon 10mo ago
          Yes, that is my point. "Yot" is pronounced differently (as in "foley") outside of America in a lot of cases.
          • Koshkin 10mo ago
            Except (just to be clear) no native speaker would ever pronounce 'o' in 'yot' and 'foley' the same way.
• dcminter 10mo ago
  This clarifies it I hope? It has audio & proper phonetic alphabet spelling for US vs UK. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/yacht https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/yacht