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You Didn't Even Say Thank You (lemmy.world)
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[–] 1 point 9 hours ago (7 children)

о stays an о, unlike Russian where it can become an “ah”

Thanks, that's what I was curious about.

English does it a lot

I mean, in English 'dog', 'dag' and 'doc' are all completely different words.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

    Father, apple, ago

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  • [–] 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

    That's different, it's one letter having different sounds in different words. The words I wrote could be homonyms in Russian.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 hours ago (1 child)

    photograph -> photography

    democrat -> democracy

    The o vowel collapses

    "to" "and" "for" collapse unless stressed

    It's the core reason why spelling words in English is so hard

    You can't hear whether it's separate or seperate, much like Ukrainian with е and и

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