do you pronounce "cot" and "caught" the same?

[brianmanahan]

and where are you from? apparently most of the US pronounces them the same.

in ohio we pronounce them distinctly - cot = caht and caught = cawt.

 

[Zeze]

wtf no.

Wait I DO say it same. Am I high?

 

[Carson Dyle]

and where are you from? apparently most of the US pronounces them the same.

in ohio we pronounce them distinctly - cot and cawt.

Which is odd, because not far away in Pittsburgh they're both "cawt".

 

[brianmanahan]

Wait I DO say it same. Am I high?

well it is the weekend and you are posting on ATOT...

here is a map of pronunciation:

 

[brianmanahan]

Which is odd, because not far away in Pittsburgh they're both "cawt".

oddly it seems like south ohio does that too, but not here up by the lake.

 

[snoopy7548]

I voted yes but I think it's actually no. Grew up in CT. Cot is like hot, but with a C. Caught is like cawt or something - a little extra "aw".

 

[IronWing]

They be different. Cotting a fish would be unnatural.

 

[Mayne]

I say it as 'caught' with a heavy emphasize on ot

 

[PJFrylar]

Off the cuff I would have said I pronounce them the same, but after thinking about and saying them a few times there is a subtle difference. I always find these questions weird. The initial reaction is: oh yeah I know what I do. Then you start questioning if that is true. Then you start to wonder if your awareness of the question is effecting your pronunciation.

 

[DigDog]

cot is much sharper and the t is accented, caught is longer and the o is much deeper.

 

[PJFrylar]

wtf no.

Wait I DO say it same. Am I high?

No, but you do pretend to be on the internet.

 

[BD231]

No, but you do pretend to be on the internet.

Hahahhahahahaha omg how do I pretend that I wanna do that.

I assume yall are talking about " cod " the sea fish, cus nobody here is in the army ..... cept me.

 

[PJFrylar]

Hahahhahahahaha omg how do I pretend that I wanna do that.

I assume yall are talking about " cod " the sea fish, cus nobody here is in the army ..... cept me Kappa

Study the texts of Zeze. The chapter of Duderonomy contains the most poignant insights.

 

[Ichinisan]

I do.

 

[Ichinisan]

I voted yes but I think it's actually no. Grew up in CT. Cot is like hot, but with a C. Caught is like cawt or something - a little extra "aw".

That seems like a southern drawl thing, but I'm in GA and everyone I know pronounces "cot" and "caught" the same (rhymes with "hot").

 

[BD231]

I do.

Could you stop bein white for 2 seconds of your life chi.

 

[brianmanahan]

Could you stop bein white for 2 seconds of your life chi.

 

[JujuFish]

Different, western New York. I fit the heat map.

 

[sandorski]

Need some kind of Audio to even understand how people say it different.

 

[brianmanahan]

Need some kind of Audio to even understand how people say it different.

listen to the 4 sound clips on the right side of this page, below the north america map:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cot–caught_merger

top 2 sounds are from a region where cot/caught has been merged, and bottom 2 are from a region where it is not merged

 

[sandorski]

listen to the 4 sound clips on the right side of this page, below the north america map:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cot–caught_merger

top 2 sounds are from a region where cot/caught has been merged, and bottom 2 are from a region where it is not merged

Interesting. The one sounds very Bostonian, can't even hear a T sound.

 

[PJFrylar]

Oh yeah, as for where I'm from. I was born in Connecticut, spent some time in Virginia, but have primarily grew up and lived in south central Wisconsin. I've pretty much always lived in the "different" zone.

 

[MrRamon]

Interesting. The one sounds very Bostonian, can't even hear a T sound.

I was going to say the same thing. Now I have to call my friend from Boston tomorrow to see how she says cot and caught. lol

 

[RossMAN]

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/how-do-you-pronounce-atot.2403593/

 

[brianmanahan]

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/how-do-you-pronounce-atot.2403593/

the one true answer:

dont pronounce i think it
never spoke it ever in my life
and i dont think how its pronounced