ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 years 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-square165fedilinkarrow-up1426arrow-down142
arrow-up1384arrow-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-22 years agomessage-square165fedilink
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoHey what’s the difference between put and putt?
minus-squareBritishDuffer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years agoPutt is shorthand for “put and only put”.
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoAs opposed to “put and do something else”?
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years 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-up2·2 years agoThanks! Yes it’s weird. Cut and put sound tutally different wile cut and putt are pronounced the same
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years 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!