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[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

As someone who learned English as a second language. Yes, that pronunciation exists, I've heard it used on films. I don't know if it is a formally defined or linguistically studied thing. But I can hear the different ways the exact same word is vocalized wildly different by different native English speakers. And they always claim theirs is the only correct way of saying it, even though they still somehow understood what was said.

[-] 1371113@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

North Atlantic accent I think it’s called. Have a read of the wiki. Kinda interesting.

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