minus-squareOopsOverbombing@lemmy.worldtoYou Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK: Use ‘a’ when the word starts with a _consonant sound_, and ‘an’ when it starts with a _vowel sound_linkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 hours agoFunny. I’m a Seattle native so I too have the PNW accent. Fun trick to show someone with our accent that we actually do have an accent, ask them to pronounce cot and caught. We pronounce them the same lol 🥲 linkfedilink
minus-squareOopsOverbombing@lemmy.worldtoYou Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK: Use ‘a’ when the word starts with a _consonant sound_, and ‘an’ when it starts with a _vowel sound_linkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoTh’nk ofa som uk accents, lack’n the aytch, comin’ out 'istory & tha like linkfedilink
Funny. I’m a Seattle native so I too have the PNW accent. Fun trick to show someone with our accent that we actually do have an accent, ask them to pronounce cot and caught. We pronounce them the same lol 🥲