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[Bekah]

cahnt  or can't wherever I've been

Bekah
of midwest origin and living in California for many years



On Jan 26, 2011, at 6:17 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen wrote:

> On 26.01.2011 15:03, David Morris wrote:
>> For Americans, they're not pronounced the same.
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>> "Cunt" rhymes with "blunt." (I don't know the phonetic spelling)
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> So does Kant.
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>> "Kant" would (depending on local accent) rhyme with either "ant" or "aunt."
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> Interesting, but also puzzling ... I was referring to the international rule to pronounce NAMES the way native speakers do.
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> KFL
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>> David Morris
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>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen
>> <lorentzen at hotmail.de>  wrote:
>>> I sometimes ask myself what effect on native English speakers it has that "cunt" and Kant are pronounced exactly the same.
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