How Do You Pronounce These Words?

[Cjmate 1270]

I am a bit curious as to how others pronounce the following words:

 

Cot and caught

Hawk and hock

Don and dawn

 

Do you pronounce them the same or differently?

[GodEmperorFlam 3447]

Same.

[_Deutschland_ 44]

Same.

[Z3r05t4r 855]

Not the same. But very similar.

[Jistuma 1996]

Don and dawn seem diferent to me. Do-ne, and Dau-ne

Hawk and hock the same. hau-ke, Hu-ke

Cot and caught seem the same, because caught seems more connected (au fits more into ght, than a-wn and a-wk)

 

At least for me, but I don't have english as a first language.

[RK9ify 86]

Not exactly the same, but they all sound pretty much the same.

[Bircalin 332]

The "aw" and "au" sounds draw out the word a little more.
So Hawk is like "Hork" whereas Hock is pretty much just "Hok".

That's for me, anyway.

[Wendigo 786]

Same..

[SDJFDSJNFDSLKJVNDFBN 315]

I am from northern Ohio and I pronounce them differently, though I have a slightly different accent than most around here.  For example, I pronounce t's where most Ohioans/Americans would make them d's (such as in the word "quarter").  I also make a lot of "a" sounds "ah", and say diction-ree instead of diction-air-y.  it's British like, I know, but I think those sound better and most people aren't phased by it.

 

Cot I would say something like "kaht"

Caught I would say "Kawt"

 

Hawk would be "Hawk"

Hock would be "hahk"

 

Don is "dahn" to me

Dawn is "dawn"

 

Those pronunciations are rather common here, I'd say.  I love English and its many varieties.

[Grivpanvir 1]

These would be classified as homonyms if I remember correctly.

[Zezimus 1523]

Differently.

 

Cot and caught - Cot and cort
Hawk and hock - Hork and hock
Don and dawn - Don and dorn

 

So basically change the 'aw' to 'or' as in how most people would say cork/dork/fork.

[Space 2335]

Southern Ontarian, and they sound the same.

[Publius 4098]

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