"Snit" wrote in message
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rbowman wrote:
On 05/02/2021 01:30 PM, Snit wrote:
Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 20:53:50 +0100, Snit
wrote:

On Apr 27, 2021 at 10:53:26 AM MST, ""Commander Kinsey"" wrote
:

On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 20:37:00 +0100, Snit
wrote:

On Apr 24, 2021 at 11:30:05 AM MST, ""Commander Kinsey"" wrote
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On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:01:42 +0100, Snit
wrote:

On Apr 22, 2021 at 3:16:17 AM MST, ""Rod Speed"" wrote
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I wonder why nobody ever says just "It's". For example:
John: "That engine's not running right."
Steve: "It's."

Language is weird. Heck, how do you think people generally
pronounce
the word
"can't".

Without the t. So it sounds more like "can".
https://youtu.be/6bszZZlvj4E

You bugger. Bet I will focus on that
bloody word every time its used now.

Just watched the first ep of the Manson tapes and didn=E2=80=99t.

Corse that might just be because it is so ****ing bizarre.

I have caught it in some speech I hear.

Have a friend who insists it just cannot be true. I talk to her on
Zoom --
she
has agreed to let me record her without her knowing (at the time)
and then
see
how SHE sounds). She insists she ALWAYS pronounced the T. Will be
interesting
to find out.

Yanks can't even pronounce herb with the H.

We can if it is a name.

By the way, I did look for UK specific examples of "can't". Here is
what I
found:

https://youtu.be/dGnBi6giZw0

Those are examples from the UK. "Can't" is still pronounced as "can"
(in
many
cases).

I listened to the first guy and he clearly said carnt. Check your
ears.

There is a slight r. Common in British English?

It's not slight. It's the same as saying tarnished. Would you mishear
that as tannished?


Im still focused on the lack of a real T in cant.

Just weird.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjwqgghyW-Y

'Put the O Back in ****ry' Shooter Jennings

What's a missing letter?


When cant is pronounced as can

Even Trump didnt do that.

you would think it would risk confusion.

Not when you consider the context.