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Comment on It's pretty cruel, particularly for non-native English speakers, that 'lose' and 'loose' seemingly switched spellings, meanings and pronunciations with each other when no one was looking

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teft@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I’ve had to train my ear because I learned to speak spanish so I notice these things with my friends who are learning english.

The one that broke my mind the other day is that the D in drink is pronounced like a J. My friend was practicing his D sounds and came up with that out of the blue.

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Eiri@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Hmm, it is similar to a J, and may become the same depending on the speaker, but not necessarily exactly the same

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- teft@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  According to the international phonetic alphabet they’re the same sound.
  
  Here is the IPA for drink: dɹɪŋk
  
  Here is the IPA for jury: d͡ʒʊɹi
  
  Mainly it’s noticeable for spanish speakers because the spanish D is pronounced closer to the english th or is unvoiced depending on where it is in a word.
  
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  - Eiri@lemmy.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I think I may have always mispronounced one or both of these then.
    
    Man, English pronunciation, I swear.
    
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