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minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·25 days ago“steal higher” took me a couple reads. Steal doesn’t sound like “still” in whatever accent I speak.
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·25 days agoThey’re homophonous in a few southeastern US accents and most African-American English (AAE) speakers. It’s usually called the feel/fill merger, one of a few different mergers before /l/.
“steal higher” took me a couple reads. Steal doesn’t sound like “still” in whatever accent I speak.
They’re homophonous in a few southeastern US accents and most African-American English (AAE) speakers. It’s usually called the feel/fill merger, one of a few different mergers before /l/.