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Originally Posted by Falcao
Yes, and we have the words that uses sounds which are not found in Spanish (my case).
For example, I know that "cheat", "shit", and "sheet" are pronounced somewhat different. But we don't have short- and long-vowels (just vowels). Moreover, there are no difference between "ch" and "sh". The result is that I avoid words like "cheat" or "cheating" by fear of mis-pronouncing them.  |
That's also true elsewhere. Eg, in British English, the words "Mary", "Marry", and "Merry" have three distinct and separate vowel sounds. In many dialects of American English, two, or even all three of them are pronounced exactly the same.