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

2019年7月14日 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.
2019年7月14日
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