Rhyme or reason
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pseudomonasHave a poll so I can settle an argument about rhyming
You may wish to note that my speech is non-rhotic and disregard the rrrrness of the r in "Corbett"
Reasons for your choice are welcome in comments!
Poll #6890 Rhyme or reason
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Which of the following do you feel rhymes more closely (or least badly) with "thought it"?
You may wish to note that my speech is non-rhotic and disregard the rrrrness of the r in "Corbett"
Reasons for your choice are welcome in comments!
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Date: 2011-05-05 11:06 pm (UTC)It may have been significant to me that c/t are both unvoiced as well as both vaguely dental-ish. An effect of the unvoicedness is that you stop saying the previous vowel before articulating the consonant, and that makes the vowel sound feel more similar between the c/t words and less like the b word in which the vocal cords just keep rolling throughout.