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'Sun' and 'son' homophonous in all English accents?
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Are the words 'sun' and 'sun' homophonous in all English accents?
Jul 14, 2019 7:32 PM
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Yes, 'son' and 'sun' are homophones in all varieties of English.
In standard English, they're both pronounced /sʌn/.
An example of a non-standard accent is that of the north of England, where many speakers don't have the /ʌ/ phoneme. A native speaker from Manchester, for example, might pronounce both words as /sʊn/, with the same vowel as 'put' or 'book' . This is different from standard English, but 'son' and 'sun' would still be homophones.
July 14, 2019
John
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