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

[Ichinisan]

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

Black people around here don't say "cawt" either.

 

[pete6032]

I pronounce them the same, from mn.

 

[snoopy7548]

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").

Maybe, or more like a New York thing... Gonna go get some cawfee (coffee).

 

[SKORPI0]

https://www.howtopronounce.com/cot/
kät
https://ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20160317/cot--_us_1.mp3

https://www.howtopronounce.com/caught/
kôt
https://ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20160317/caught--_us_1.mp3

 

[brianmanahan]

Maybe, or more like a New York thing... Gonna go get some cawfee (coffee).

everyone in north ohio and michigan pronounces it cawfee too

i'm going to meet up with some folks from west virginia today, i'll have to get them to say it so i can see if they merged it too

supposedly this merger is a relatively new thing - not that long ago, NOBODY in the US pronounced cot and caught them the same way

pretty cool to see a mini version of the great vowel shift

 

[lxskllr]

everyone in north ohio and michigan pronounces it cawfee too

i'm going to meet up with some folks from west virginia today, i'll have to get them to say it so i can see if they merged it too

supposedly this merger is a relatively new thing - not that long ago, NOBODY in the US pronounced cot and caught them the same way

Cawt and cawfee here in MD

edit:
and of course cot is pronounced caht, cause we're not stupid here.

 

[local]

Never thought about it before but yeah pretty much the same, maybe a little bit of a w sound in caught, Texas.

 

[JujuFish]

For people who say it the same way, do you also pronounce bot and bought the same?

 

[PlanetJosh]

For me in southern California it's cot with the o as in otter, and caught with the au as in awesome.

 

[sandorski]

For people who say it the same way, do you also pronounce bot and bought the same?

Yes

 

[JujuFish]

Yes

What about rot and wrought? Or tot and taught? Or not and naught? Or sot and sought?

 

[sandorski]

What about rot and wrought? Or tot and taught? Or not and naught? Or sot and sought?

Yes, all three.

 

[brianmanahan]

For people who say it the same way, do you also pronounce bot and bought the same?

Yes

this blows my mind

 

[sandorski]

this blows my mind

to too two

 

[Ichinisan]

For people who say it the same way, do you also pronounce bot and bought the same?

Yes.

 

[brianmanahan]

For people who say it the same way, do you also pronounce bot and bought the same?

listen to @Ichinisan (or is it CZroe?) say "bought" at 0:14:

 

[Chaotic42]

No, which matches what your map claims, being from Southern Louisiana. I do pronounce "median" as "new-tral ground" though.

 

[Ichinisan]

listen to @Ichinisan (or is it CZroe?) say "bought" at 0:14:

CZroe's voice there.

Caught, bought, taught, naught
Shot, got, tot, cot

Slaughter == "slotter" (like plotter)

Forcing a "W" sound in there sounds like I'm mocking a Boston accent.

 

[WelshBloke]

to too two

Yes but those are supposed to sound the same.

 

[WelshBloke]

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

It freaks me out that you can think that they should sound the same! HTF!

 

[sandorski]

Yes but those are supposed to sound the same.

...so are the other words

 

[TheVrolok]

I do not pronounce them the same. Ah sound vs Aw sound.

 

[sandorski]

It freaks me out that you can think that they should sound the same! HTF!

At one time, I suspect they had an F sound in the ght words, but we got civilized.

 

[WelshBloke]

...so are the other words

No. Really. They aren't.

 

[sandorski]

No. Really. They aren't.