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'Sun' and 'son' homophonous in all English accents?
Hi,
Are the words 'sun' and 'sun' homophonous in all English accents?

14 lug 2019 19:32
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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.
14 luglio 2019
John
Competenze linguistiche
Arabo (magrebino), Inglese, Francese, Tedesco, Greco, Ebraico, Islandese, Italiano, Giapponese, Altro, Spagnolo, Ucraino
Lingua di apprendimento
Islandese, Spagnolo