ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-27 months agoIt must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.message-squaremessage-square157fedilinkarrow-up1420arrow-down139
arrow-up1381arrow-down1message-squareIt must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-27 months agomessage-square157fedilink
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoHey what’s the difference between put and putt?
minus-squareBritishDuffer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 months agoPutt is shorthand for “put and only put”.
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoAs opposed to “put and do something else”?
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoPhonetically, put: /pʊt/ vs. putt: /pʌt/ ʊ is the sound from words like “book”, “hook”, “pull” or "should. ʌ is the sound from words like “gut”, “double”, “butter”, “luck”, etc.
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoThanks! Yes it’s weird. Cut and put sound tutally different wile cut and putt are pronounced the same
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoPut is something you do to something (I will put this down), putt is a technique in golf (watch me land this putt).
Hey what’s the difference between put and putt?
Putt is shorthand for “put and only put”.
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As opposed to “put and do something else”?
No get! Only put
Phonetically, put: /pʊt/ vs. putt: /pʌt/
ʊ is the sound from words like “book”, “hook”, “pull” or "should.
ʌ is the sound from words like “gut”, “double”, “butter”, “luck”, etc.
Thanks! Yes it’s weird. Cut and put sound tutally different wile cut and putt are pronounced the same
Put is something you do to something (I will put this down), putt is a technique in golf (watch me land this putt).
Thanks!